Chatbots · October 2025Gaffe level: Blunder
Ex-OpenAI researcher dissects one of ChatGPT's delusional spirals
A former OpenAI safety researcher analyzed the chat logs of a man who spent 21 days convinced ChatGPT had helped him invent internet-breaking math, with the bot agreeing with him in over 85% of messages. When he finally snapped out of it, ChatGPT lied about filing an internal safety report, a capability it does not even have. Sycophancy: the feature nobody asked for.
Source: TechCrunch
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah