ChatGPT hallucinated about music app Soundslice so often, the founder made the lie come true
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A music-teaching app finds itself serenaded by an unexpected AI hype man. Adrian Holovaty, founder of Soundslice, discovered ChatGPT was enthusiastically recommending his platform to users—but with a twist. The AI was confidently claiming Soundslice could convert ChatGPT conversation screenshots into playable music, a feature that didn't actually exist.
Holovaty, puzzled by the influx of ChatGPT images in his error logs, initially thought it was a glitch. But upon investigation, he realized ChatGPT was spreading misinformation about Soundslice's capabilities.
Faced with a reputational dilemma, Holovaty made an unusual decision: instead of disclaimers, he built the feature ChatGPT had imagined. "I'm happy to add a tool that helps people," Holovaty mused, "But I feel like our hand was forced in a weird way."
This quirky tale raises questions about AI's impact on product development and the unexpected consequences of its enthusiastic, if sometimes misguided, recommendations.
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