Woman wins $150,000 lottery prize with help from ChatGPT

American Carrie Edwards used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to pick her lottery numbers and ended up winning $150,000, the New York Post reports.

She simply asked the chatbot: “I’m like, ChatGPT, talk to me… Do you have numbers for me?” The AI generated five numbers between 1 and 69 for Powerball.

Edwards matched four out of five numbers, earning an initial $50,000 prize. Because she had added the $1 Power Play option, her winnings tripled to $150,000.

“As soon as that divine windfall happened and came down upon my shoulders, I knew exactly what I needed to do with it,” Edwards said. She chose to donate the entire sum to charity.

The winner admitted she rarely plays online lotteries and never expected such luck. A few days after the draw, she received the notification of her win.

One-third of the prize will go to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) . Another share will support Shalom Farms, a restored farm focused on food justice.

The remaining funds will benefit the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. “Because it’s a windfall I didn’t expect, and it’s certainly going to help those in need,” Edwards explained.