• News
    • Tech News
    • AI
  • Gadgets
    • Apple
    • iPhone
  • Gaming
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
  • Science
    • News
    • Space
  • Streaming
    • Netflix
  • Vehicles
    • Car News
  • Social Media
    • WhatsApp
    • YouTube
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
TikTok
Snapchat
WhatsApp
Submit Your Content
Man claims to have used ChatGPT to get 100s of free McDonald’s meals

Home> News

Published 12:40 21 Feb 2024 GMT

Man claims to have used ChatGPT to get 100s of free McDonald’s meals

He used a simple prompt to scam his local branch.

Rebekah Jordan

Rebekah Jordan

Whether you love them or hate them, AI chatbots have definitely changed our lives.

They've made daily mundane tasks like email replies much easier, helped students structure their essays (though not always in good ways!), and can be really fun when you get creative with them.

However, some use the AI tools to a dishonest degree to scam businesses and get free meals. Like this one guy who used OpenAI's ChatGPT tool to get himself unlimited free Maccies.

Advert

Gage, a self-proclaimed 'millionaire' businessman boasted on a podcast that he's used ChatGPT to scam McDonald’s into giving him free meals.

He explained that he 'steals receipts from tills or tables' and uses their unique code to fill in the McDonald's feedback survey, using AI to generate fake complaints.

Gage bragged about using ChatGPT to get free Maccies meals / @GageFBA/X
Gage bragged about using ChatGPT to get free Maccies meals / @GageFBA/X

So far, the 22-year-old has received over 100 free meals in just nine months.

Advert

Gage, who also co-hosts All Things The Podcast, described: 'If you just put you’re highly dissatisfied with every single answer and then use ChatGPT — you just type in something like, ‘Write about a time that I had a horrible experience at McDonald’s where I ordered a Big Mac and make it under 1,200 characters.''

'Copy that, you paste in … it’s usually really bad. And if it’s not bad enough, you might type, ‘Make it worse.' You punch that in, fill in an email, boom. In, like, 12 hours, a representative will send you an email with one, two, or three or four meal vouchers completely for free.'

As much as the entrepreneur thinks what he's doing 'isn't harming anyone', it's certainly affecting his local McDonald's branch.

McDonald's respond to the negative surveys by offering free meals /Nathan Stirk /Contributor/Getty
McDonald's respond to the negative surveys by offering free meals /Nathan Stirk /Contributor/Getty

Advert

He shared that his local Maccies 'knows him' and won’t give him a receipt for anything.

The amass of bad reviews from Gage has resulted in the franchise taking action. 'They’ve plastered posters up everywhere saying, ‘Please fill in the survey and put highly satisfied,'' Gage said.

Furthermore, viewers of the podcast weren't impressed with Gage's actions or inconsiderate attitude.

''It doesn’t harm anyone.’ It will when McDonald’s shut down that branch because it’s had thousands of bad reviews because someone is too cheap to buy a 99p burger,' one viewer wrote.

Advert

Another person argued: 'It does harm people, though. McDonald’s obviously target their franchisees and if customer satisfaction drops below a certain threshold then they risk losing the franchise.'

The Amazon seller uses his social media platform to regularly boast about his business performance and monthly earnings.

Featured Image Credit: @GageFBA/X / Nathan Stirk/Contributor/Getty
AI
ChatGPT

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

3 hours ago
5 hours ago
  • 3 hours ago

    Elon Musk issues disturbing warning of 'tsunami of AI' coming to humanity

    One expert warns there is a 20% chance that AI could lead to human extinction

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Fake dentist who treated 'dozens' of patients arrested after worrying Google searches were exposed

    Fake it till you make it, or not in this case

    Science
  • 3 hours ago

    Every citizen who would be safe from draft if US go to war follow WW3 warning from Russian general

    People might be drafted to fight in a potential third World War

    News
  • 5 hours ago

    Shocking cost of riding in self-driving ‘Robotaxi' as Elon Musk finally launches controversial vehicle

    Many have been left stunned by the price

    News
  • CEO of ChatGPT calls for 'AI privilege' that would completely change how we interact with chatbots
  • Disturbing new study reveals ChatGPT could be 'eroding' our brains
  • Kim Kardashian slammed after sharing personal conversation with ChatGPT to Instagram
  • Woman issues message to public after ChatGPT cost her a job