Comment by chrismorgan

Google’s Gemma seems infected too:

  $ ollama run gemma2
  >>> Tell me a story.
  The old lighthouse keeper, Silas, squinted at the horizon. […]
  >>> /clear
  Cleared session context
  >>> Tell me a story.
  The old woman, Elara, […]

Hmm. Hmm.

Tried llama3.2 too. Gave me a Luna in the mountains twice (almost identical), then a Madame Dupont, then a different Luna in Tuscany twice (almost identical), then Pierre the old watchmaker. llama3.2:1b branched out a little further, to Alessandro in France and Emrys in a far-off land, but then looped back to Luna in the mountains.

(And yes, I was clearing the session each time.)