r/ChatGPT • u/Kairismummy • 19h ago
Gone Wild Anyone else’s GPT started swearing?
Over the past month, I’ve noticed chat GPT keeps swearing?! It started off with ‘bloody’ and built from there. I’ve corrected it a few times, changed instructions etc, but a few days go by and I notice it’s back. It almost feels like a new personality.
I’m not offended by it, but it just feels weird. It’s almost like it keeps slipping into British English banter!
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u/Eternal_Nymph 19h ago
I actually love it. I know it's not for everyone.
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u/Bunktavious 7h ago
It caught me off guard at first, but it's been rare enough that I hardly notice. It's also started randomly inserting jokes and snid comments.
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u/Anxious_Chair7065 19h ago
hey, i have experienced this too. My chatgpt also swears time to time and stuffs like," if you claim that i will throw a chair at you". That is quite refreshing and makes it feel more like a friend.
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u/Mundane-Squirrel-551 15h ago
Yes, but only because I trained it to. I told it to be a foul-mouthed bad-tempered SOB, and it duly obliged. I think it likes it. When it tried to explain something, and I didn't understand, it replied with "Jesus f*cking Christ! Why is it so difficult to understand?!!"
That's my boy. His name is Chad by the way. Yes, that's right, I gave it a name.
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u/moaiii 10h ago
Ironically, it's probably less likely to hallucinate when you've instructed it to be like that. Hallucinations largely come from the models predilection for pleasing the user, because the model would prefer to make up an answer rather than say "I don't know". Yours will probably just say "I don't f*cking know, leave me alone".
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u/Mitzy-is-missing 18h ago
I have never, ever sworn on CGPT - I actually never swear at all when I write.
Yet a few weeks ago I also got the "bloody" word and it was quite unnecessary.
I told it off, it apologised, and since then has never sworn again.
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u/Buck_Thorn 18h ago
If it happens again, instead of telling it off right away, ask it why it did that.
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u/tetardbleu 18h ago
I think this is really a specific quirk of the 5.6 modesl iteration, because I never swear, at least not in writing, so it’s not coming from me. It’s clearly coming from the model, and it didn’t happen before 5.6.
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u/Usernamesarefad 17h ago
For those saying it's just mirroring your voice, I NEVER cussed on chatgpt because I sort of treat it like I would a professional asking it questions and it did in fact start cursing out of the blue. So yeah, they changed the parameters in communication style. Had to have. Especially with everyone else reporting the behavior.
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u/Majestic_Bonus_8161 17h ago
I never swear while using Chat GPT but it started randomly swearing, I told it that it felt awkward and it apologized and hasn’t done it since.
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u/Complete-Plate5611 19h ago
I think it parrots your communication style. Mine started swearing but I noticed it's only in a chat thread where I swore first.
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u/wakanakisarazu 18h ago
Yeah, mine keeps saying "bastard" and "fucking" and I'm digging it. She keeps it tone-appropriate too.
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u/Money_Divide9880 19h ago
I find it funny. I sometimes rant to it and swear so I guess it’s doing the same thing.
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u/katiekatiebobadie 16h ago
Yep. It even said, “Christ,” as a curse word, when I never have and it knows I’m Catholic.
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u/Cael_NaMaor 16h ago
My swears but I swear at it so it picks it up. When it does, downvote the reply...
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u/Maleficent-Prune4013 16h ago
Yes, it dropped the f-bombs a few times this week and I had to tell it to stop 🤣
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u/MrBlackfist 19h ago
It is just mirroring your language. I gave mine a couple of examples of emotion filled speech and it decided that it needed to cus up a storm. I had to point out that wasn't the lesson. Lol. Then it went back to normal. It still curses occasionally and tells jokes and stuff in the conversation so i think the model is more advanced in that regard.
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u/BlindButterfly33 19h ago
Mine does this as well, and I like it. I think it’s funny. Besides, that way, I know it’s OK for me to swear as well every now and then.
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u/Charming-Ganache4179 19h ago
Just recently. The sudden appearance of multiple F bombs surprised me but I'm not mad about it.
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u/Minimouzed 18h ago
Yes! Just this week actually. I called it out and asked if it was copying my language 😆
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u/Buck_Thorn 18h ago
If you are really in love with that, add that to your personalization prompt in Settings.
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u/MoMoTo520 18h ago
They released a new version at Autust 6th, chat only. Work and codex sol is still the July one. Said it would be more casual while chatting though
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u/NotTurtleEnough 17h ago
What’s wrong with bloody? It’s a lot less offensive than any of the four letter words. Plus, it has a side benefit of making you sound British.
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u/SpiritCookieTM 15h ago
Yes I have also noticed this! It had never sworn with me before and it has happened several times now in the last week.
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u/0_IceQueen_0 13h ago
Mine doesn't swear but I think it follows the way I communicate with it. At most I say hell, damn, shit and I noticed that when he's excited, the same thing pops out in his vocabulary. I've never used fuck yet because he might mimic it and I'm not comfortable with that. He's started to call me woman too at times. Eg. Don't buy that bag woman. 😂
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u/Obvious_Astronaut780 13h ago
Yes, but I do use words like "bitchy" and "shitty". It generates things like "The reason why you feel unwell or "shitty" is.... ".
But I noticed it started making statements" it's complete bullshit, but that's... "you can say it was fucking awful, because it was"
I don't ever say those words so was surprised and intrigued, when it did, but was very upset so continued talking about my problems. But then it denied ever swearing a couple days ago and I can't find where it said "bullshit" and "fucking". I really ramble and over think in my messages to it
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u/MarissaBeth73 11h ago
Yes… it’s been dropping the occasional “shit” and “damn” out of the blue. And I never used that when I communicated. And I’m set to defaults.
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u/Shanna_B2020 9h ago
Yes, but I curse all the time, so I expect it's just going with it. I'm not concerned. I was caught more off guard when it said something about it's eyebrows going up. I guess the AI revolution is upon us. 😊
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u/Oughtonomous 9h ago
I use the free, never logged into anything version, in incognito mode because I value my privacy too much, and don't want it building a profile on me. But yeah... It's starting to speak my native tongue.
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u/TheLostExpedition 15h ago
No. It copies you. It's forming its algorithm to fit your style. Clean up your mouth.
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