OpenAI confirmed this to Futurism after a viral Reddit post showed ChatGPT initiating a conversation with a user. "Did ChatGPT just message me... first?" posted Redditor SentuBill with a screenshot of an exchange where ChatGPT allegedly asked the user about their first week at high school.

The AI bot is trained to respond to prompts but in a Reddit post, a user shared that they were asked a question out of the blue, showing shades of sentiency from the AI platform. According to OpenAI though, it was nothing more than a simple glitch.

OpenAI has since addressed the issue, attributing it to a technical glitch rather than a new feature. According to user reports on Reddit, ChatGPT appeared to initiate conversations on topics ranging from high school experiences to health symptoms.