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OpenAI's Model Declares Biden Winner, Trump Actually Prevails

8/7/2025

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OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b language model has made a startling error, declaring Joe Biden the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, even though Donald Trump emerged victorious. With a knowledge cutoff in June 2024, the model struggles with inaccuracies and stubbornly resists corrections, raising serious concerns about the reliability and safety of smaller AI models.

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Story summary

OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b language model has made a startling error, declaring Joe Biden the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, even though Donald Trump emerged victorious. With a knowledge cutoff in June 2024, the model struggles with inaccuracies and stubbornly resists corrections, raising serious concerns about the reliability and safety of smaller AI models.