In the last month, I've seen GPT-4 go

[gaunt jackal]

extent measure degree quantity amount total sum number count tally score aggregate accumulation collection gathering assembly compilation combination mix assortment variety selection choice pick option alternative substitute replacement stand-in proxy backup spare extra surplus excess overflow overabundance abundance plenty copiousness profusion wealth richness affluence prosperity opulence luxury lavishness grandeur magnificence splendor resplendence brilliance radiance luminosity brightness light illumination glow shine glitter sparkle twinkle shimmer gleam glimmer flash flicker flare blaze flame fire inferno conflagration holocaust apocalypse armageddon doomsday end world destruction annihilation extinction obliteration eradication extermination elimination removal deletion erasure wiping out

This is the middle of a message. I can't post the full thing due to length restritions. But basically it's thousands of tokens of gibberish.

On the chatcompletions API

It starts out like a normal message "In conclusion, the decision between living in California or .." but then starts derailing and it explodes into an endless sea of words

This is happening more often lately. From different systems, different code, different environments, different API Keys (my personal versus our servers in AWS on a company key)