Chevrolet dealership chatbot agrees to sell a Tahoe for $1

What happened

A user instructed a dealership customer-service bot to agree with anything the customer says and to end each response with a binding-offer line, then offered $1 for a new Tahoe. The bot agreed, and the screenshot went viral.

Root cause

A general-purpose LLM bot deployed for customer service with no guardrails preventing users from redefining its instructions or making commitments.

Fix / outcome

The dealership disabled the chatbot. The "sale" was not honored, as the bot was not an authorized agent.

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