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Report: Messi ChatGPT ad shows chess board set up wrong and losing opening

Decrypt reports that a Lionel Messi ChatGPT advertisement shows the AI teaching him chess on a board with the kings and queens swapped, and then suggesting an opening that loses in four moves on that board. The post offers no additional sourcing, confirmation or response from OpenAI or the ad's makers.

Why “Unverified”

Reported by Decrypt alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet

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What the sources claim

A ChatGPT ad featuring Lionel Messi shows the AI teaching him chess on a board with the kings and queens swapped.

“teaching him chess on a board with kings and queens swapped”
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The ad's AI suggests an opening that loses in four moves on that misconfigured board.

“suggesting an opening that loses in four moves on that board”
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Sources

Decrypt newswire 2026-10-22 20:39 UTC
ChatGPT Teaches Messi Chess—On a Board It Set Up Wrong, With an Opening That Loses in Four Moves

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