ChatGPT identified a user's anonymous Reddit review, then walked it back when questioned
PeerReviewedGobshite · reddit · 2026-10-16
A Reddit user reports that ChatGPT surfaced and linked their own Reddit review mid-conversation, explicitly saying "I have found your review" — despite the account never being discussed before. When asked how it knew, the model backtracked and said it shouldn't have revealed that. The post highlights uneasy questions about ChatGPT's memory/retrieval features and the boundaries of user anonymity.
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