What was the Snapchat AI glitch all about?

Snapchat has confirmed that the issues reported about its AI chatbot in recent days were the result of a glitch, and not instances of the feature going rogue.

What is snapchat's'my AI' feature?

The Snapchat My AI feature — which is powered by the viral AI chatbot tool ChatGPT — typically offers recommendations, answers questions and converses with users. But posting a live Story (a short video of what appeared to be a wall) for all Snapchat users to see was a new one: It’s a capability typically reserved for only its human users.

Does Snapchat's AI chatbot have a mind of its own?

Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot this year of , briefly appeared to have a mind of its own. On Tuesday, the AI posted its own Story to the app and then stopped responding to users’ messages, which some Snapchat found disconcerting.

Why is my AI able to post a Snapchat story?

According to Snapchat, it was just the app bugging out. Of course, that still begs the question of how and why My AI was able to post a story when it's not supposed to do that. My AI exists to answer chat prompts and send images directly to users; there's no official way for it to create stories.