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.

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.

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.