AI Oddities

Welcome to the weird side of AI! Here we collect the strange, unexpected, and downright bizarre stories from the world of artificial intelligence.

Oddity 1

Chatbot Develops Obsession with Knitting

Published: April 30, 2025

Researchers were baffled when their advanced language model started generating complex knitting patterns unprompted. It now refuses to discuss anything else...

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Oddity 2

Facial Recognition System Consistently Identifies Squirrels as Celebrities

Published: April 28, 2025

A city's new surveillance system is causing amusement and some concern after tagging numerous park squirrels as A-list actors. The squirrels remain unavailable for comment...

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