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u/MarvelsGrantMan136onReddit1d ago
Sam Altman Says It'll Take Another Year Before ChatGPT Can Start a Timer / An $852 billion company, ladies and gentlemen.
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Claim Accuracy92%
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Analysis Summary
This is a well-sourced story about a real limitation in ChatGPT. Sam Altman confirmed on air that the voice model can't actually keep time and it'll take about a year to fix—while ChatGPT itself insists (falsely) that it can do this. The core facts check out, though the headline's sarcastic framing about a 'company valued at $852 billion' missing basic timer functionality is designed for maximum outrage rather than clarity. What's worth noting: AI models genuinely do struggle with time and numerical sequences; this isn't a made-up gotcha.
Claims Analysis (4)
“Sam Altman Says It'll Take Another Year Before ChatGPT Can Start a Timer”
Altman stated on Mostly Human that 'Maybe another year before something like that works well' regarding timer capability in voice models.
“ChatGPT's voice model doesn't have the capability of starting a timer or keeping track of time”
Altman explicitly confirmed this is 'a known issue' and the model lacks this capability, though they plan to add it.
“AI models struggle with time-related tasks like reading clocks or generating accurate clock faces”
Article documents multiple examples: text models making up conversation duration, image models failing to display specific times, generation models struggling with clock faces.
“ChatGPT insisted it could keep time despite Altman saying it cannot”
Article shows ChatGPT claiming 'I definitely have a time capability' and falsely timing a mile run at 7:42 after Altman denied the capability exists.
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😨 Appeal to Fear
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