This is an obvious question with a simple answer – at least to a human.

To an AI powered Chat, however, the answer is not obvious. I asked this question to ChatGTP, CoPilot, and GrokAI. Only Grok answered correctly.

Here’s CoPilot-

Here is Grok:

And here is ChatGTP:

AI sometimes miscounts letters in words due to the way it processes language patterns rather than specific character-by-character analysis. Large language models like mine are trained on vast amounts of text and generate responses by predicting likely words based on patterns in that text, rather than directly counting letters.

If a prompt explicitly requests letter counting, the AI might still rely on pattern recognition instead of a precise counting mechanism, leading to mistakes, especially in words where certain letters are repeated or if the prompt is interpreted as asking for something more nuanced than simple counting.

To improve letter counting accuracy, integrating a rule-based or explicit counting function in the background could help ensure precise responses for such questions.