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by rorylawless 16 hours ago
This was listed as a hallucination but is the most accurate for my name: “A NAME THAT MAY REFER TO AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT I CAN’T IDENTIFY A SINGLE WELL-KNOWN PERSON WITH CERTAINTY FROM THE QUERY ALONE.”
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Same result here. That reasonable response was buried in page 2 of the hallucinated results.

Meanwhile, Gemini 3.1 Lite said with great confidence that I was a military police officer who gained national attention in 2024 after being involved in a high-profile confrontation. Other AIs said I was a footballer. Not sure if it's hilarious or worrying...

I got similar from ChatGPT - I took the wording to imply it knew exactly who I was but was going to keep quiet as I am not a "public figure".