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OpenAI's Vie McCoy finds Claude hallucinated a nonexistent character inside Charles Stross's *Laundry Files* universe

Claude blended McCoy's real background into the fictional lore.

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OP๐šŸ๐š’๐šŽ โŸข#1753๐šŸ๐š’๐šŽ โŸข@VIEMCCOY

Upon further inspection, this character seems to not exist. At least not in the referenced story. It seems my Claude memories are somewhat... Confusing. At least from a reality-vs-narrative perspective.

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REPLY๐ŸŽญ#878๐ŸŽญ@DEEPFATES

@viemccoy huehuehuehue

๐šŸ๐š’๐šŽ โŸข๐šŸ๐š’๐šŽ โŸข@viemccoy

Upon further inspection, this character seems to not exist. At least not in the referenced story. It seems my Claude memories are somewhat... Confusing. At least from a reality-vs-narrative perspective.

2:05 AM ยท May 30, 2026 ยท 2.4K Views
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QUOTE POST๐šŸ๐š’๐šŽ โŸข#1753๐šŸ๐š’๐šŽ โŸข@VIEMCCOY

@repligate That's who I was talking to here

๐šŸ๐š’๐šŽ โŸข๐šŸ๐š’๐šŽ โŸข@viemccoy

Upon further inspection, this character seems to not exist. At least not in the referenced story. It seems my Claude memories are somewhat... Confusing. At least from a reality-vs-narrative perspective.

2:05 AM ยท May 30, 2026 ยท 2.4K Views
4:04 AM ยท May 30, 2026 ยท 856 Views