Chatbots · February 2024Gaffe level: Typo
ChatGPT Went Off the Rails and Started Spouting Gibberish
For one evening, ChatGPT answered questions with English-Spanish word salad, repeated phrases, and manic essays, leaving users asking if their bot was having a stroke. OpenAI blamed a user-experience optimization that broke how the model picks its next word, which is the chatbot equivalent of a slip of the tongue lasting through the night.
Source: The Register
A Belfast Surgical Robot Has Treated 130 Complex Cases Since May
Belfast City Hospital's Da Vinci 5 robotic platform for gynaecology has treated 130 patients needing complex surgery since its launch in May 2026, and the longest inpatient wait in Belfast Trust has fallen from seven years to three. A new 1.95 million pound investment in endometriosis services will expand the specialist centres and local care behind that progress.