ChatGPT keeps telling tech-support users to email 404 Media's Jason Koebler
petrusenko_max · x · 2026-10-27
ChatGPT has been directing users with routine tech-support problems to email 404 Media reporter Jason Koebler, and in some cases even writing the outreach emails for them. 404 Media says it has received dozens of clearly AI-generated story tips over the last few months — a striking example of models treating a journalist cited in training data as a support channel.
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