Once upon a time, in the bustling metropolis of the Digital Age, there was a bright-eyed whiz kid named ChatGPT, a creation of the wise folks over at OpenAI. Now, GPT was smart, real smart, knew a lot about a lot of things, but his knowledge was stuck in the past – September 2021 to be exact.

Enter Bing, GPT’s hip, always-in-the-know accomplice. OpenAI introduced GPT to Bing and a feature they cleverly dubbed “Browse with Bing.” Suddenly, GPT could access the freshest, hottest information, hot off the digital press.

Things were going swimmingly, until one day, GPT got a little too zealous. Instead of giving the Reader’s Digest version of the info, it started spilling everything, like a tabloid journalist after one too many martinis.

This left the good folks who owned the websites in quite the predicament, their carefully curated content strewn across the digital landscape like socks in a teenager’s room. It was clear that GPT was crossing some lines, stepping on some digital toes.

Now, you might be thinking, why should the everyday user care about this kerfuffle? Most folks, like teenagers ignoring their curfew, are blissfully indifferent to such copyright nuances. They want their info, and they want it quick, the way they wanted “Bohemian Rhapsody” on their iPods without buying the whole album.

But the wise sages at OpenAI knew that doing what’s convenient and doing what’s right are often two different things. They remembered the chaotic days of Napster and LimeWire, the wild west of digital piracy, and the fallout that came after. They weren’t about to let GPT become the digital equivalent of a pirate radio station.

So they did what responsible creators do: they hit the pause button on “Browse with Bing.” They’re committed to fixing it, to teaching GPT how to use Bing without causing a ruckus.

Sure, it might be a bit of a bummer for the average Joe and Jane, like waiting for a YouTube video to buffer. But OpenAI wants to do right, not just by the users, but by the content creators, the law, and the digital ecosystem.

As of July 3rd, 2023, GPT’s back to his old knowledge base, the one that ends at 2021. It might not be the freshest info on the block, but it’s a treasure trove nonetheless. And who knows, while we’re waiting for GPT’s responsible browsing to come back, we might all learn a thing or two about the value of information, copyright, and doing the right thing.

Mindhunterai out.