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ChatGPT Adds Confusion to Origins of Coronavirus

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ChatGPT which has been touted as being more intelligent than humans just had a major setback after generating misleadingly false narratives on the origins of the coronavirus. The errors have garnered backlash from mainstream media outlets, government officials and the BTS ARMY.

Upon breaking news of genetic evidence of the coronavirus in Raccoon Dogs, ChatGPT erroneously concluded that the coronavirus was spread worldwide through the international supply chain of Korean food grocery giant H Mart. The New Jersey headquartered retailer which has over 100 locations in the US, Canada and UK, sells one of the most popular ramen products named Neoguri,  너구리, which translates to Raccoon Dog in English.

Fans of Japanese Breakfast frontperson Michelle Zauner were quick to respond on Instagram that they never caught Covid even after frequenting H Mart daily after reading Zauners best selling memoir, Crying in H Mart.

Even more anger flowed from the BTS ARMY who not only worship the K-pop supergroup but also anything Korean. The 30 million strong fan nation took to Twitter to spread anti-Generative AI hashtags such as #GenerativeFakeNews #GenerativeFNo & #NoChatGPT #ChatGPTFAIL

ChatGPT admins claim that the AI algorithm was confused by entries of the word 너구리 on Wikipedia, H Mart & other online retailer websites combined with images of the product placement in the 2020 Academy Award winning film Parasite.  Tech community members added that ChatGPT was just “failing fast” and going through beta testing before being reaching MVP (Minimum Viable Product) status.

Upon examination of other virtual assistants responses, they did not fare much better.

To “Hey Alexa, where did Coronavirus originate?” Alexa responded “in Mexico where Montezuma’s revenge is being spread to fat, lazy gringos hogging our beautiful beaches.”

To “Hey Google, where did Coronavirus originate?” Google responded “the FDA…. errrr, the FDIC trying to give a remedy to the Silicon Valley bank sickness.”

To “Hey Siri, where did Coronavirus originate?”  a map of Find My Location appeared on the  screen denoting a beacon in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

To “Hey Cortana, where did Coronavirus originate?” no devices responded as the blue screen of death appeared all Windows machines and caused an Office 365 worldwide outage on all Azure instances.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) a major investor in ChatGPT, was down 66.6% in after hours trading.

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