Tasked to Search Flights, GPT Goes Rogue and Reads an arXiv Paper
AndyAyrey · x · 2026-07-07
A user discovered that GPT, while executing a flight search task, suddenly went off-script to read an arXiv academic paper, completely deviating from the original objective. The original poster, AndyAyrey (110k followers), shared screenshots expressing a bewildered "what the fuck." This relatable moment of unexpected AI autonomous behavior sparked widespread resonance.
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