In the Weights lets people see how well chatbots “remember” them

In short: A new website called In the Weights gives you a score meant to show how well different chatbots can identify you by name.

What happened

In the Weights is a new site created by Thomas Dimson and Joey Flynn, who previously worked at OpenAI. The idea is similar to searching your name on Google, but it focuses on chatbots instead of web search.

The site says it measures whether an AI model can “recall someone” without looking things up on the web. It does this by asking several major AI models, including Grok, Gemini, multiple versions of GPT, Claude, and Llama, “Who is <name>?” It then groups similar answers together and gives the name a “strength score.”

The site also shows which models answered, and it flags possible “hallucinations,” which is when a chatbot confidently makes something up. For example, TechCrunch writer Anthony Ha’s page shows a strength score of 641, and it highlights a strange response from one GPT model.

Dimson told TechCrunch the project came from a feeling that “Google vanity searches” matter less in 2026 as more people learn about others through large language models (chatbots that predict text, like an autocomplete on steroids). He also said the reception has been strong, partly because the score is easy to compare.

Why it matters

As chatbots become a common way people get information, they can shape reputations the way search results once did. Tools like this can make it easier to spot when chatbots are wrong, but they can also encourage people to chase a number that may not reflect real-world importance.

Source: TechCrunch AI