ChatGPT users are getting error codes every time they type the name David Mayer into the generative AI chatbot, leaving many confounded on who it could be and why the platform isnt recognizing the name.A Reddit user who posted to the r/ChatGPT subreddit six days ago appeared to be the first to notice that ChatGPT wouldnt (or couldnt?) generate a response to the name. The user asked who is david mayer? The chatbot said it was unable to produce a response. Since then, savvy users have been trying to get OpenAIs ChatGPT to acknowledge the name through a range of creative attempts, to no avail.Given that this has blown up on social media, its not exactly surprising that a number of theories have already been thrown around. A quick search of David Mayer on Google will lead you to David Mayer de Rothschild, a member of the prominent Rothschild family. But ChatGPT will easily provide you with information on the British environmentalist if you type in his full name, so its not likely that this is the David Mayer were looking for.Another social media theory is that the name David Mayer is associated with a Chechen ISIS member, whose name has caused confusion in the past. The association with a terrorist organization could have caused the platform to block his name. That, however, is unlikely since ChatGPT will provide you with a list of notable figures associated with different terrorist organizations if prompted. (OpenAI didnt immediately respond to Fast Companys request for comment.)It could also be that a David Mayer filed a right-to-be-forgotten request under the EUs General Data Protection Regulation, which allows users to pull their presence from the internet, thanks to the coalitions strict privacy laws. Under the landmark act, people can request certain personal information be removed online if its been deemed inadequate or irrelevant.Or, this is just all some weird glitch.This isnt OpenAIs first brush with strange answers. The generative AI tool famously has responded to prompts in Spanglish for no apparent reason, and once conjured up an image of a Hulk-like man in response to a prompt asking its image generator to show a guy wearing an XXL T-shirt.