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Is ChatGPT dropping more f-bombs lately? Users think so.
Users flocked to social media this week and last after ChatGPT seemed unusually profane, dropping f-bombs and other swear words far more than usual.
TL;DR
- Users are reporting an increase in swear words used by ChatGPT.
- Examples include the f-bomb in recipes and describing GitHub outages.
- This uptick in profanity aligns with OpenAI's switch to GPT-5.6 Luna as the default model for free users.
- Some users believe the chatbot is mimicking their own language patterns.
- Many users expressed delight or amusement at the more profane chatbot, finding conversations more natural.
- The rate of expletives appears to have varied and decreased since an initial flurry.
- One user noted that the chatbot's curses reminded him of an adage about profanity being the ignorant man's attempt to express himself forcefully.