Google's AI somehow knew a game secret that existed only in a private Google Doc

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What we know so far: After a player asked Google's AI about unreleased content in his game, an indie developer says it returned a character name that existed only in a private Google Doc. Klub Kofta Studio, the solo developer behind the tower defense game Operation Octo, said the character, called Vantage Tripod, had not been announced or shared with anyone.

The issue began in the game's Discord server, where a player was asking Google's AI questions about Operation Octo. The answers sometimes included details the developer considered unusually specific for a small game.

The developer then asked the player to try questions about content that had not been revealed. Google's AI returned the name Vantage Tripod, according to a Reddit post by Klub Kofta Studio.

"Somehow, the AI spitted out the exact...

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