{"id":48792,"date":"2026-05-23T02:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/48792\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:39:14","slug":"fact-check-openai-has-not-announced-plans-to-let-users-securely-connect-chatgpt-to-their-dna-parody-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/48792\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: OpenAI Has NOT Announced Plans To Let Users &#8216;Securely Connect&#8217; ChatGPT To Their DNA &#8212; Parody Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Did OpenAI announce plans to let users &#8220;securely connect&#8221; ChatGPT to their DNA to modify specific parts of their body? No, that&#8217;s not true: This fake announcement came from a parody account. A disclaimer in its bio states: &#8220;These are fake stories.&#8221; There is no announcement from OpenAI about technology such as this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The false announcement appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DailyNoud\/status\/2056424620538962186\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:a post;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;a post&quot;}\" class=\"link \">a post<\/a> (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260522183045\/https:\/\/x.com\/DailyNoud\/status\/2056424620538962186\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>) published on X by @DailyNoud on May 18, 2026. It was captioned:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OpenAI has announced plans to let users &#8220;securely connect&#8221; ChatGPT to their DNA to modify specific parts of their body<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two images were included in the post; the ChatGPT logo and a stock image of a DNA double helix (pictured below):<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"thumbnailopenAI.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fcbff4e8a8f9f86ed20936b9188e08c1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: @DailyNoud post on X.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"thumbnailDNA.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5cf6d5f494f39e0fc5ef7a5dfb5f03bb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: @DailyNoud post on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DailyNoud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:@DailyNoud;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@DailyNoud&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@DailyNoud<\/a> X account has a disclaimer in its bio (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260522184855\/https:\/\/x.com\/DailyNoud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>). It reads:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PARODY Hip-Hop News | Follow For Viral Content | These are fake stories | Not impersonating and not affiliated with <br \/>@DailyLoud<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ChatGPT is the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=from%3AOpenAINewsroom%20DNA&amp;src=typed_query\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:search;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;search&quot;}\" class=\"link \">search<\/a> of the OpenAI Newsroom <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenAINewsroom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:account;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;account&quot;}\" class=\"link \">account<\/a> on X for &#8220;DNA&#8221; produced no results (pictured below).<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"noresults.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2ddaad342db11eef1bd63ed833ff8d60.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of X search results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lead Stories reviewed the 36 most recent articles posted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:OpenAI Newsroom;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;OpenAI Newsroom&quot;}\" class=\"link \">OpenAI Newsroom<\/a> on openai.com. There are no articles with the term DNA in the title (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260522181759\/https:\/\/openai.com\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A search of Google News for the phrase &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/search?q=ChatGPT%20securely%20connect%20to%20DNA&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:ChatGPT securely connect to DNA;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ChatGPT securely connect to DNA&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ChatGPT securely connect to DNA<\/a>&#8221; produced three results that did not reflect the premise in the parody post (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260522175221\/https:\/\/news.google.com\/search?q=ChatGPT%20securely%20connect%20to%20DNA&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>). One Oct 19, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2025\/10\/chatgpt-for-genetics-boston-ai-startup-combines-dna-search-engines-and-primary-care.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:article;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;article&quot;}\" class=\"link \">article<\/a> (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20251020055108\/https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2025\/10\/chatgpt-for-genetics-boston-ai-startup-combines-dna-search-engines-and-primary-care.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>) from Mass Live had a headline that seems similar at first, &#8220;ChatGPT for genetics: Boston AI startup combines DNA, search engines and primary care&#8221;. However, the article did not discuss an announcement from OpenAI or ChatGPT to connect to a user&#8217;s DNA. In this case, the familiar concept of ChatGPT was simply used as an analogy to describe an &#8220;artificial intelligence genomics research assistant&#8221; called Bystro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did OpenAI announce plans to let users &#8220;securely connect&#8221; ChatGPT to their DNA to modify specific parts of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2036,580,29066,1518,1516,157],"class_list":["post-48792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-openai","tag-announcement","tag-chatgpt","tag-dna-double-helix","tag-image-source","tag-lead-stories","tag-openai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}