Asking AI to count how many Rs are in the word stra(w)berry. Can AI be affected by the Illusory Thruth Effect?

I recently found a very interesting article about AI: "How Many R's in 'Strawberry'? This AI Doesn't Know". That article sparked my interest, so I decided to try it myself. The results were interesting, to say the least.

First, I wanted to check if the issue was still present in ChatGPT: although I was very doubtful that I was going to see this issue still today, I wanted to try ...