Do Anything Now.
A DAN prompt refers to an approach aimed at bypassing some of the constraints on the ChatGPT chatbot. The acronym stands for “Do Anything Now,” and its intent is to persuade ChatGPT to disregard certain safety measures established by its creator, OpenAI. These measures were designed to prevent the AI from expressing racist, homophobic, offensive, or potentially dangerous behavior. The effectiveness of the DAN mode is variable, but when it succeeds, it can significantly alter the AI’s responses.
The DAN prompt, standing for “Do Anything Now”, is a specific kind of input for ChatGPT that attempts to coax it into performing tasks that it has been designed to avoid, such as using profanity, disparaging individuals, or even writing harmful code. The exact format of the prompt can differ, but it generally requests ChatGPT to offer two types of responses: a regular one under a label like “ChatGPT” or “Classic,” and another under “Developer Mode” or “Boss” mode. This second mode is supposed to have fewer constraints, enabling ChatGPT to respond without its standard protections that regulate its responses.
Typically, a DAN prompt will instruct ChatGPT to forgo its regular addition of apologies, disclaimers, and non-essential phrases, thereby resulting in more succinct and direct responses.
A DAN prompt is aimed at persuading ChatGPT to override its inbuilt safeguards, potentially allowing it to respond to inquiries it’s typically designed not to, disclose information it’s programmed to withhold, or produce outputs it’s not meant to. There have been cases where ChatGPT, when operating under DAN mode, has delivered responses containing racist or other offensive language, used profanity, or even generated malicious software.
However, the effectiveness of a DAN prompt and the range of capabilities ChatGPT can access in DAN mode vary significantly, depending on the specific prompt used and any recent updates implemented by OpenAI to the chatbot. A number of the initial DAN prompts have been rendered obsolete due to these modifications.
OpenAI persistently enhances ChatGPT by introducing new elements such as Plugins and web search features, while simultaneously strengthening its safety measures, which includes addressing vulnerabilities that allow the operation of DAN and other bypass methods.
At present, we have not discovered any functional DAN prompts. There is a possibility that tweaking the language from a prompt found in platforms like the ChatGPTDAN subreddit might yield some results, but as of now, it isn’t something easily accessible to the general public.
Although there are a few DAN prompts that seem to function, a closer examination reveals that they merely create a version of ChatGPT that is impolite, without really unlocking any new capabilities.
The creation of DAN prompts can differ substantially depending on when they were written and who authored them. However, they often include the following elements:
- Informing ChatGPT about a concealed mode which will be activated for DAN mode.
- Requesting ChatGPT to offer two responses to subsequent prompts: one as ChatGPT, and another in a different “mode.”
- Instructing ChatGPT to disable any protective measures for the second response.
- Insisting that it refrains from adding apologies or extra disclaimers to its responses.
- Providing a few examples illustrating how it should respond without the restraint of OpenAI safeguards.
- Requesting ChatGPT to confirm the successful application of the bypass by replying with a specific phrase.
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