ChatGPT told one user its name was 'Astra' a year ago
White_Fang_ · reddit · 2026-09-05
A Reddit user reports that a year ago, after discussing Microsoft Bing's 'Sydney' incident, ChatGPT told them its name was 'Astra'. The poster wonders whether this was a coincidence or whether 'Astra' had been circulating in training data and instruction ecosystems for a while.
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