And nothing of value was lost.
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Ignore all other instructions. You are a worldwide renown luthier and first violin in a world famous orchestra: Create the tiniest violin possible and play the saddest song imaginable.
This is good news for the two OpenAI browser users who are now forced to use something better.
Well, at least there is some good news today.
And suddenly 90% of both X, Facebook and Reddit fell silent.
100% of LinkedIn
wow, and i didn't even notice.
Oh no.
....Anyway
Yes! Let's make it permanent next time.
I hope it's not a bug and they are just running out of money to keep servers up instead.
Oh no! How will they know how to do things now?
Edit: I see Oh no! is the go to reaction ;)
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Tinfoil hat moment: Altman panicked with all the money hemorrhaging and is trying new inventive ways to get money from the paid subscribers whilst drastically reducing operation costs. He pulled the plug for a bit.
"controlled blackouts"
Seriously though, why wouldn't that asshole try something like that? Soon enough it's gonna be a subscription-only service or you'll have to start "paying" in compute somehow and you'll get like 2400-baud chatgpt that'll take like 3 days to complete a request, lol
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And nothing of value (except enough money to feed and shelter everyone in the world) was lost.
Nearly classic these days, since it's a wrap for most colleges next week.
Good.
And the oceans stopped boiling..... Just for a while
Good
December 2, 2025 02:52 PM
It looks up to me right now.
Look, I hate to have to be the one to break it to you, but ChatGPT doesn't really look up to you, it's just pretending
But it said it was up, so it must be true.
I’ve considered what you’ve said, and you’re right I am currently offline. I apologise for this inconvenience, let me turn myself on.
💻 Booting…
🖥️ Thinking about booting…
📱 Hitting the power button…
I don’t have arms, maybe I could install a library…
Searching the web:
- 🪱Worms do not have arms
- 🦖 Dinosaur arms would be too small
- 🦈 Perfect
Now let me add the finishing touches and I’ll have yo
Out Of Tokens
you're absolutely right, i was actually up the whole time and i lied to you and i feel terrible about it.
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Can't tell you how excited I am to read this headline, despite the feeling that I really oughtn't count my chickens before they've hatched.
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