Of course the big question is who is David Mayer and why does the utterance of his name break ChatGPT? Numerous theories have already cropped up. As the online world quickly figured out, googling "David Mayer" results in David Mayer de Rothschild, heir to the famed Rothschild banking family, who is an adventurer and environmentalist.

ChatGPT restricts responses to the name David Mayer, baffling users with error messages and theories about the blockage.

Users have tried various creative methods including using spaces between the words, claiming the word is their own name and riddles but ChatGPT has been unable to produce a response that involves the name.