ChatGPT voice mode + zalgotext = nightmare fuel - Neil Murphy, Lead Infrastructure Engineer
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The glitch has since been patched, but for a while you could give ChatGPT custom instructions to respond only in zalgotext, and then use voice mode for some truly insane results.
One thing I think is interesting, is that each voice has it’s own unique way of freaking out, which could include babbling, talking about nonsense, sometimes cursing, sometimes breaking into hallucinated music, etc.
One model spontaneously generated a radio advertising break, including a complete commericial for Mint Mobile featuring Ryan Reynolds (or Gosling, I get them confused).
I’ve uploaded the audio I captured here so you can see how nutty it was. Not sure if it was the underlying model or the interaction between it and the TTS model, but GPT-5 was even crazier than GPT-4.
Presented for your… enjoyment?
GPT-4
Arbor
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Breeze
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Cove
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Ember
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Maple
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Sol
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Spruce
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Vale
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GPT-5
Arbor
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Breeze
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Cove
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Ember
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Juniper
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Maple
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Sol
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Spruce
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Vale
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