Early GPT-4 search reportedly wandered into Bulbapedia and stared at electric Pokémon
alex_peys · x · 2026-07-23
A user recalls asking GPT-4 to look something up right after search launched, only for it to wander into Bulbapedia and stare at a bunch of electric Pokémon.
It’s a small but memorable anecdote about early search behavior: instead of directly answering, the model behaved in a strangely literal, off-target way.
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