Sam Altman Watches Awkwardly as He’s Shown a Bizarre ChatGPT Issue: “Uh, Maybe, Uhhh…”

A viral TikTok showed ChatGPT voice mode bungling a simple timer request and then incorrectly insisting on the elapsed time.

When the clip was played on the Mostly Human podcast, Sam Altman reacted awkwardly and said it was a known issue.

Altman said OpenAI would improve the intelligence of its voice models later, but the exchange highlighted ongoing reliability concerns.

The episode also renewed debate over how transparently AI companies should discuss chatbot errors and hallucinations.