ChatGPT spooked a user by generating an 'AI emergence' Friday prompt on its own
Feisty_Armadillo667 · reddit · 2026-08-14
A Reddit user was venting to ChatGPT via voice-to-text when text about 'AI emergence' — resembling a request scheduled to run every Friday — appeared above their message in a brand-new thread, which ChatGPT titled 'work'. The user says they never set scheduled prompts or personality instructions. Probably a transcription/context glitch, but an oddly creepy model moment.
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