Fake OpenAI Super Bowl Ad Hoax Claimed Hardware Device Reveal
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Richard Lawler
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Summary
A viral internet hoax claimed OpenAI had a Super Bowl ad featuring actor Alexander Skarsgård with OpenAI's first hardware device - a shiny orb with wraparound earbuds - that was supposedly leaked by a frustrated employee. The ad was never real, and the entire story was fabricated, originating from a now-deleted Reddit thread that spread misinformation about OpenAI's supposed hardware reveal during the Super Bowl.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledScreenshots of a now-deleted Reddit thread told the tale of a frustrated employee who, while posting about how upset they were because the ad they'd worked on didn't run, accidentally leaked the entire advertisement video
seemingly showing Murderbot star Alexander Skarsgård with what could have been OpenAI's first hardware device, portrayed as a shiny orb that went with some wraparound earbuds
An internet hoax claimed OpenAI pulled a Super Bowl ad at the last minute that showed off its first hardware device, but none of that was real
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