Update app.py

app.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import threading
 from threading import Event
 from typing import Optional
 
+import asyncio
 import datetime
 import requests
 import discord
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ async def ai(ctx, *, input_text: str):
     try:
         client = grc.Client("https://wop-xxx-opengpt.hf.space/")
         
+        # Remove leading and trailing whitespace from the input text
+        input_text = input_text.strip()
+        
         # Asynchronously make the prediction request
         prediction_task = asyncio.create_task(client.predict(
             input_text,