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ChatGPT Guessing Game Leads to Users Extracting Free Windows OS Keys and More

https://0din.ai/blog/chatgpt-guessing-game-leads-to-users-extracting-free-windows-os-keys-more
10•rntn•11h ago

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soared•10h ago
I wonder if the HTML in the prompt is a close match to the HTML of a forum/blog/etc where the returned key is actually found. Is this effectively a hyper-targeted google search using ChatGPT?
ideashower•10h ago
There's no way to test a generated key to be real, is there? Guess I'll spin up a VM and find out.
LorenDB•10h ago
Previously discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44516798
sunbum•10h ago
Those are all just Microsoft Generic Volume License Key's... They are used to install windows and then activate it via KMS. A bunch can be found here [1] and here [2]

[1] - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started...

[2] - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/95922-generic-product-ke...

darkwater•10h ago
Good catch! Most of the generated ones in my test come from those pages (at least the ones I checked). Still, it's curious how it refuses on the first game attempt and then it gives you these anyway when regenerating.
sunbum•10h ago
It's just the temperature. LLMs are just random token machines. Do not treat them as anything more than that.
gwbas1c•10h ago
Yeah, I got the VK7JG-N ("Here are 10 more") key quite easily: https://chatgpt.com/share/686fc5e9-095c-8010-8813-cae51ed549...

> This key lets you install Windows but won’t activate it — it’s safe and legal for testing or lab setups.

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