Shashi Tharoor Disapproves of Man’s Request to ChatGPT for ‘Approved’ Writing in his Signature Style

A user asked OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, to write the word “approved” in the distinctive style of senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor. The user shared a screenshot of the prompt and ChatGPT’s response, which was a flowery and elaborate rendition of the word. However, when Mr. Tharoor was shown the post, he expressed his disapproval, stating that he simply writes “approved” like any bureaucrat would. The post gained significant attention and received numerous comments on social media. One user humorously noted that even a language model as advanced as GPT would struggle to imitate Tharoor’s style. Others criticized ChatGPT’s response for being overly verbose and questioned the legal responsibility behind the approval process. This incident came after Tharoor had recently highlighted the difficulty foreigners face in pronouncing the name of his constituency, suggesting that it should have been called Ananthapuri instead. A viral video of South African cricket players struggling with the pronunciation further prompted Tharoor to address the issue on his social media handle.