[r_c_a_d_t_s]

Yes, I agree. That's what I was trying to say. It also "doubles down" when called out: I asked about the mathematician Richard Taylor and it responded with a paragraph that called him Sir Richard Lawrence Taylor, so I asked when he was knighted (he wasn't) and it said "The 2014 birthday honours list" which is wrong... probably because there was a Dr Richard Thomas Taylor awarded an MBE (not a knighthood) in that list.

[Kwpolska]

ChatGPT will confidently fabricate data out of thin air, it is less likely to admit it does not know something or is not sure. And that’s the primary problem with it: the statement is believable, but incorrect.