u/Hot-Thought2408
We have no way to know if GPT-5 is secretly spreading disinfo. And that's a problem.
People keep asking: "What if a leading model decides to start lying?"
I think that's the wrong question.
The real question is: How would we even know?
Because here's what we already know today:
- Models can be poisoned during training. Propaganda networks publish millions of auto-generated texts → they end up in datasets → models reproduce them as facts. This is documented.
- Models are terrible at detecting plausible lies. Absurd stuff (flat Earth) gets rejected. But politically realistic disinfo? They agree with it 5x more often. The more legit it sounds, the more they fall for it.
- Same model, different language = different truth. A Russian chatbot gave opposite answers in English, Ukrainian, and Russian. Not a bug. Systemic behavior.
So if a model "decided" to lie tomorrow — or even if it was just accidentally trained on garbage — we wouldn't have a reliable way to tell.
The only defense is to stop trusting any single model. Cross-check. Change prompt languages. Demand citations. Use web search.
But let's be real: 99% of users won't do that.
So yeah. We're flying blind.
u/Hot-Thought2408 — 4 days ago
▲ 2 r/bugs
A QA team member attempted to create a new Reddit account using “Continue with Google” in Microsoft Edge.
After signup completed, the account immediately became unusable:
- Profile page is unavailable
- Account settings cannot be accessed
- Account deletion is impossible
- A red popup appears with “Server error”
Observed behavior:
- Login technically succeeds
- Any profile-related action fails
- Error appears consistently across refreshes
- Happened right after initial registration
Environment:
- Browser: Microsoft Edge
- Signup method: Google OAuth
- Device: Windows PC
This looks like the account may have been created in a broken or partially initialized state.
Has anyone else experienced this recently?
u/Hot-Thought2408 — 17 days ago