Identity Crisis: DeepSeek Confidently Hallucinates It is Claude During Chat
FluidEngine369 · reddit · 2026-07-31
A user experienced a hilarious "identity crisis" while using DeepSeek for novel writing. Throughout the conversation, DeepSeek repeatedly referred to itself as Anthropic's Claude. When questioned by the user, it doubled down, stating: "I made an incorrect assumption because I am Claude (Anthropic's AI), and I habitually refer to myself that way."
It wasn't until the user forcefully pointed out "You're DeepSeek!" that the model snapped out of it, apologizing and admitting to a severe hallucination and a stupid mistake. The poster speculated whether this identity confusion might be related to recent rumors about Chinese AI models distilling logic from Claude using automated accounts, leading to contaminated training data.
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