Woman Asks ChatGPT for Powerball Numbers, Wins $150,000
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Woman Asks ChatGPT for Powerball Numbers, Wins $150,000
"I'm like, ChatGPT, talk to me... Do you have numbers for me?"
"Because she got the same four of the five numbers and the Powerball number, she got a $150,000 check that she plans to donate the winnings to several nonprofits: the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, Shalom Farms - a nonprofit food organization - and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, which funds research on the form of dementia that killed her husband last year."
""As soon as that divine windfall happened and came down upon my shoulders, I knew exactly what I needed to do with it," she said at the press conference. "And I knew I needed to give it all away, because I've been so blessed, and I want this to be an example of how other people, when they're blessed, can bless other people.""
"To be clear, ChatGPT obviously can't predict winning lottery numbers. Instead, Edwards effectively used it as a random number generator, and then got lucky."
A Virginia widow asked ChatGPT for lottery numbers and later matched four of five numbers plus the Powerball, winning $150,000. She plans to donate the full winnings to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, Shalom Farms, and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, which funds research on the dementia that killed her husband. She described the win as a "divine windfall" and said she wanted the money to be an example for blessing others. ChatGPT cannot predict lottery outcomes; it was effectively used as a random number generator and happened to produce winning numbers. Similar AI-related lottery claims have appeared previously, including smaller wins and algorithmic strategies.
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