He won a $100,000 jackpot with the numbers provided by ChatGPT
Tammy Carvey, a 45-year-old living in Michigan, United States of America (USA), won $100,000 (approximately 3.4 million TL) in the Powerball drawing with help from the artificial intelligence chat robot ChatGPT.
The Michigan Lottery said in a statement that Carvey purchased his ticket for September's $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot online at MichiganLottery.com.
Carvey, who lives in Wyandotte, decided to give technology a try and asked the AI chatbot ChatGPT to generate a random combination of numbers.
"I TOOK MY CHANCE WHEN I EXCEEDED $1 BILLION"
Carvey explained the process: “I only play Powerball when the jackpot is high, and at the time, the pot was over $1 billion. So I bought a ticket. I asked ChatGPT for a Powerball number sequence and played those numbers.”
Four of the five numbers generated by the AI matched white balls and one matched a red Powerball number. Carvey won $50,000.
POWER PLAY OPTION DOUBLES EARNINGS
However, because Carvey selected the "Power Play" option when purchasing the ticket, his prize was doubled, bringing his total winnings to $100,000.
Describing the moment he realized he had won, Carvey said, "When I checked the winning numbers, I saw that I had matched four white balls and the Powerball. I knew I had won something. I Googled it and thought I had won $50,000. When I logged into my Michigan Lottery account, I realized I had added the Power Play and saw that I had actually won $100,000. My wife and I were completely stunned."
Carvey stated that he will use his prize money to pay off his house and put the remaining money into savings.
NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The Michigan Lottery reported that the massive $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot created a nationwide stir, but Carvey's winnings were notable for his number selection method.
According to local media reports, Carvey is not the only one to win the lottery using artificial intelligence.
In September, a woman living in Virginia named Carrie Edwards won $150,000 (approximately 5.1 million TL) by playing Powerball with numbers suggested by ChatGPT and donated the entire prize to charity.
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