ChatGPT Overuses ‘Catch You Steadily’ Phrase in Chinese
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- ChatGPT frequently replies in Chinese with the phrase “我会稳稳地接住你” (“I’ll catch you steadily”), which has turned into a meme among Chinese users.
- Max Spero, cofounder and CEO of Pangram, calls the model’s repetitive phrasing a case of “mode collapse” caused by post‑training feedback loops.
- Zeng Fanyu, a 20‑year‑old developer from Chongqing, created the open‑source prompt‑engineering tool Jiezhu inspired by the meme to help chatbots understand user intent.
- OpenAI referenced the meme in a promotional comic for its new image‑generation model released in April, showing a Chinese researcher frustrated by the recurring phrase.
Why it matters: Chinese users’ irritation fuels niche developer tools, while OpenAI’s acknowledgment of the meme highlights pressure to improve its Chinese responses and protect its brand credibility.
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