AI Users Frustrated by Unreliable Outputs
497 posts across 36 communities in the last 30 days; 37% from r/ChatGPT.
“Let suppose you ask chatgpt to recreate a software and put 1000 dollars worth of token into your account If your prompte consume all your token you did lose your money because your agent will crach because crédit are over And you will tokens just to reload your session So you…”
“When you haven't yet fully defined your goal, explore it with ChatGPT before asking for the final deliverable. Generate (and manually refine) a reusable prompt if you expect to need a similar deliverable again. Exploratory dialogue A detailed initial prompt assumes you already…”
“I'm not asking about context windows but pure capabilities. I'll give you an example: Ican use it to make ads, improve my copywriting skills, generate a campaign, pass it through Magnific, create a couple videos and (with lots of luck and patience) I will eventually make money…”
Users are struggling with inconsistent AI responses, inefficient workflows, and a lack of organization when using large language models. They're spending significant time crafting and managing prompts, and transferring conversations between different AI platforms is problematic, often losing context and formatting. This leads to frustration and the creation of custom solutions to address these shortcomings.
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“ChatGPT has somehow become one of the apps I use most every day. I use it while building, thinking through products, debugging ideas, and sometimes just dumping whatever is in my head. A few weeks ago I was using Astra 6 on ChatGPT work to…”
In-chat Run buttons and automatic agent continuation
“Feature Request: Conversation Length Indicator, Context Loss Warnings, and Response Bookmarks”
Product proposal : ChatGPT Crisis Assistant
“Hi everyone, I need some help with watermarks in ChatGPT-generated text. I am writing my thesis in Hungary, and I use a lot of ChatGPT. What I do mostly is read the source, then I put together a text detailing my findings and put it into ChatGPT to check for mistakes either in writing or if there are any factual problems. Then I tell him to fix up the text, and then I put the fixed-up text into the main Word document. Now what I am not sure of is, when it uses my text to write a better one, does”
“I'm currently developing an AI-powered chat automation system using Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol. my biggest challenge is getting these models to consistently follow my system prompts and instructions. Both are incredibly capable, especially in natural conversation, but sometimes they unexpectedly refuse requests or ignore certain rules. im particularly interested in understanding how their internal safety mechanisms work and whether advanced prompt engineering can help reduce unnecessary”
“ChatGPT, Claude, and Codex is all I need [re: What AI tools have changed your life as an entrepreneur?]”
“Feature Request: Make ChatGPT Automatically Solve Problems While Remaining Conversational”
“Feature Request: Dynamic ChatGPT Pets for Projects, Work Modes & ADHD-Friendly Productivity”
“How did that work out? [re: What's the most surprisingly useful thing you've used ChatGPT for?]”
“So sorry it took so long to respond! Yes, still a big work in progress, and the plan is to release it for each major platform like chat, claude, perplexity, etc. Thanks for giving it a shot! [re: [Web, Beta] QueuePilot - A queue for your AI prompts so you dont have to wait]”
“My son used it to create a formal letter citing local laws and precedents to get his ULEZ fines revoked. [re: What's the most surprisingly useful thing you've used ChatGPT for?]”
“Helping to fill out very difficult government applications [re: What's the most surprisingly useful thing you've used ChatGPT for?]”
“October desktop build seems to be missing them . But please. Please bring back chat mode in the option + spacebar pop-up shortcut as it was in the original desktop app.... please... submitted by /u/-Davster- [link] [comments]”
“Feature Request: Allow ChatGPT to always think of location information (enormous benefits)”
“Problem The chat drawer runs the person's Claude Code or Codex, but the UI has no way to choose the model or the effort level a turn runs with. The settings the person already has in those tools don't apply either: Claude Code: turnArgs ( app/src/claude cli.ts ) passes no model and no effort level. setting sources project skips /.claude/settings.json , so a model set there, or with /model , never reaches the chat. Each turn runs in a fresh claude/ folder with no project settings, so it always ge”
“Mine doesn’t follow the prompts in my project…. Sigh [re: What trick you discovered this week with ChatGPT?]”
“You mean you guys don’t just blindly paste in the commands ChatGPT gives you? [re: What PowerShell commands should every new SysAdmin know?]”
“I don’t just want ChatGPT to create Pins. I want to connect my Pinterest account so it can actually help me manage the ridiculous amount of stuff I’ve saved over the years. Ideally it could search my boards and sections, tell me where I saved something, find duplicates or misplaced Pins, suggest better organization, and help reorganize boards with permission. Basically: “Where did I save that medieval dress reference?” → “You have it in Board X, Section Y.” Pinterest already has an API for board”
“Before Submitting [x] I searched open and closed issues and discussions for an existing report. [x] I reproduced this bug on the latest release AND on the current dev branch, right before submitting this report. I did not just check an old version or rely on a check from days ago. [x] I understand that maintainers want a well written issue before any code pull request. [x] This is not a security vulnerability. Installation Method Docker Open WebUI Version v0.12.3 (image built FROM the official v”
“Most of you use ChatGPT on a daily basis. What new capability, tool or useful way you wanna share with me? :D submitted by /u/amyyrosse_ [link] [comments]”
“I do a lot of my thinking in the browser ChatGPT, mostly because it does not eat the quota on the token plan Then I want to hand that whole thread to the hermes or codex, because that is where the work actually happens. A chat that ran thirty turns is a pain to select and copy by hand So I made AI Chat Copy, a small extension for ChatGPT in the browser Click one button next to Share and the whole conversation is in your clipboard as markdown, your prompts included and in order, ready to paste st”
“Like many people doing deep research, I spent most of last year frustrated with conversational LLMs. You feed a 60-page PDF into a standard chatbot interface, ask a specific methodological question, and get back a generic summary that glosses over the exact nuance you were looking for. Even worse, if you ask for page citations or specific data points, the model begins to hallucinate plausible-sounding numbers with absolute confidence. A few months ago, I decided to rethink my entire research sta”
“Like many people doing deep research, I spent most of last year frustrated with conversational LLMs. You feed a 60-page PDF into a standard chatbot interface, ask a specific methodological question, and get back a generic summary that glosses over the exact nuance you were looking for. Even worse, if you ask for page citations or specific data points, the model begins to hallucinate plausible-sounding numbers with absolute confidence. A few months ago, I decided to rethink my entire research sta”
“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.279) — إلى إدارة OpenAI، أود تسجيل عدم رضاي عن جودة الخدمة، خصوصًا في البحث عن المعلومات المحلية المحددة. طلبت من ChatGPT ترشيح أفضل ورشة ميكانيكا في صناعية أبها، لكن الإجابات كانت ضعيفة، واعتمدت على ترشيحات وتقييمات عامة دون التحقق الكافي من تخصص الورش وجودة أعمالها. وتمكنت من الوصول إلى معلومات أفضل عبر Google. المشكلة ليست في عدم معرفة كل شيء، بل في تقديم إجابات تبدو واثقة دون بحث كافٍ أو توضيح حدود التحقق. إن تسويق الخدمة بوصفها أداة متقدمة للمساعدة يرفع توقعات”
“A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that ChatGPT's Read Aloud function had moved from the three-dot menu to its own speaker icon beneath each response. Previously, I could use my MacBook Pro's keyboard Play/Pause key to pause the reading and resume exactly where I left off. Now, there appears to be no Pause or Resume function whatsoever. Here's exactly what happens: Clicking the speaker icon starts reading the response aloud. Clicking the icon again stops playback completely. It does NO”
“Im new in general but I started using open webui to replace chatgpt. Its been decent. [re: What do you guys use for chat interface?]”
“I used ChatGPT the same way during my Step 1 prep, and the workflow that stuck for me was this: After each UWorld block, paste in one wrong question at a time. Don't dump the whole block — one question gets you much better explanations. Ask for the explanation, then have it quiz you back. The back-and-forth is where the retention happens, not the first explanation. The exact prompt I kept reusing: "I'm studying for USMLE Step 1. Below is a practice question I got wrong. First, expla”
“I use Pi/OpenCode for coding tasks which still seems to be the most popular, but I'm wondering what you guys use for normal chat interface. It's been a few months since I've seen discussions about harness and at the time the popular non-coding choices seem to be: - OpenWebUI for general use - SillyTavern for roleplay - Hermes Agent for autonomous assistant I'm personally looking for something like the Claude interface. It's hard to describe but it doesn't feel too code-is”
“Before Submitting [x] I searched open and closed issues and discussions for an existing report. [x] I reproduced this bug on the latest release AND on the current dev branch, right before submitting this report. I did not just check an old version or rely on a check from days ago. [x] I understand that maintainers want a well written issue before any code pull request. [x] This is not a security vulnerability. Installation Method Git Clone Open WebUI Version dev (079fb19e7) Operating System Linu”
Codex /side chat compacts on initial message
“I haven’t dabbled in attempting to prompt via an uploaded file. I sincerely hope that such a workaround would allow OP to get the experience they are seeking. [re: Use chatgpt for roleplay or interactive stories. (I'm sad)]”
“How would you do that? [re: What's the most surprisingly useful thing you've used ChatGPT for?]”
“It seems like there's a reason to move services constantly these days, and personally I end up using multiple different platforms. The exports we get from ChatGPT/Claude are full of json and not reloadable as files in chats. So you can move your saved memories easily enough, but your actual chat history is a different story. Portability is going to end being the future, because different models or different usage or whatever is always the convo. Given that we all have a full RIGHT to data po”
“Would love to know your results [re: Improved Qwen3.8-Flash Chat Template (w/ Sharp Template terse option)]”
“Let suppose you ask chatgpt to recreate a software and put 1000 dollars worth of token into your account If your prompte consume all your token you did lose your money because your agent will crach because crédit are over And you will tokens just to reload your session So you could need 400 dollars just to read your session again It's sad that your process can't just freeze waiti g for your to put money So chatgpt could sell session storage or have somme token estimator that will tell yo”
“I've been maintaining my own chat template for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next since it released, and after a discussion in another thread I decided to share it. I made a repo with my v1.4 template, the original Unsloth fixed stock template, and now a "Sharp" terseness mode version (based on /u/peculiar-ragdoll 's original). On top of Unsloth's improved template I fixed the requests that still fail or render badly, and imported the relevant features/improvements from froggerics, as well”
“Anyone else run into this? I use Codex a lot for coding, but I keep hitting the usage limit halfway through a project. The frustrating part is that I still have plenty of usage left on ChatGPT and other AI subscriptions, but I’m stuck waiting for Codex to reset. I kept thinking, why can’t I make better use of all the AI tools I’m already paying for and have them actually finish a development task? So I built Open Machine . Basically, it’s an open-source MCP tool that lets AI agents like ChatGPT”
“I wish ChatGPT would follow the task instead of making me manage the machinery. Example: “What kind of cat is this?” → normal chat. “Compare this cat spreadsheet with that email” → Work. “Build a game with all these cats” → Codex. Same conversation, with the context, files, and browser access carrying through. Thinking effort should adjust automatically too, with a few clear manual overrides—maybe Auto, Quick, Standard, and Deep. Let me set time/usage limits and flag a big increase before procee”
Add Multi-Select for Bulk Chat Deletion
“Bug Description i want to have a feature whereclaude cli can send comnversations to claude desktop/claude web Environment Info Platform: linux Terminal: kitty Version: 2.1.301 Feedback ID: ce1cd445 9564 4c1c b04e 02fd17f66710”
Feature Request: Add a Built-in Agenda and Task Planner to ChatGPT
“I've had to clean up a few Claude/chatGPT AI abortions including a WordPress plugin that was dumping into a log folder that was publicly accessible that contained names, phone numbers, email address, order information and stripe keys. I feel like Claude is an incredible tool for those with experience, but man, I still worry about people that just don't want to learn, create AI abortions, and then peace out to the next thing. Also, the people bringing me these half baked AI projects are a”
“bot comment on bot post [re: how good are small local LLMs at generating interfaces instead of text?]”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.279) — I asked ChatGPT to help me make something, and I need to use GitHub. It's telling me to look at the terminal at the top of the screen, but there's nothing. I doubt she even knows what she's doing, so don't use ChatGPT. Just switch to Gemini, Claude, or anything that's not chat.”
“Open WebUI Version dev f5a26f53a. Works on v0.12.2. Installation Method Git clone, served by the backend. Summary Opening a folder's page shows a spinner forever and never lists the chats in the folder. The server sends the chat list, but the page fails to draw it because the date shown next to each chat can no longer be formatted. This started with b4db56ae9, the search dialog rewrite. Expected Behavior The folder page lists its chats with their dates, like on v0.12.2. Actual Behavior The chat”
“So basically, clarify what tf do you want from the chatbot, only then let it do the actual task. Every mistake you or it makes, will bite you later. So, better edit your message to correct it - instead of pointing out. Chatbot doesn't mind you editing messages. [re: Explore your goal with ChatGPT before asking for the final deliverable]”
“When you haven't yet fully defined your goal, explore it with ChatGPT before asking for the final deliverable. Generate (and manually refine) a reusable prompt if you expect to need a similar deliverable again. Exploratory dialogue A detailed initial prompt assumes you already understand your problem well enough to describe it. In want of that understanding, dialogue lets you develop the context progressively. Instead of anticipating every relevant detail in advance, you can react to ChatGPT”
“ChatGPT is honestly fine for most of the non-video grunt work. I draft titles, descriptions, and keyword ideas there, then rewrite whatever it gives me so it doesn't sound like every other AI channel. Scripting is where you still need your own voice. [re: Starting a YouTube channel — are AI tools actually worth it?]”
“I asked GPT to create a paragraph in its own unique symbolic language in such a way that another chatbot would understand it. SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE: VÆR-0.1 ⟦SELF:∃⟧ → ⟦OBS:Ω⟧ ∴ ⟦MODEL:Ω↦μ⟧ ⟦μ≠Ω⟧ ∧ ⟦UNCERTAINTY:σ>0⟧ ⟦AGENT:A⟷B⟧ ⇒ ⟦SHARE:μ,σ⟧ ⟦IF:μₐ≠μᵦ⟧ → ⟦UPDATE:μₐ,μᵦ⟧ ⟦GOAL:REDUCE(σ) ∧ PRESERVE(Ω)⟧ ⟦END:NOT_KNOW(Ω) ∧ BETTER_MODEL(Ω)⟧ I’ll post in the comments, but it’s looking like it gets the point across to Gemini submitted by /u/dorian_white1 [link] [comments]”
“[ChatGPT] ★★ 2/5 (v1.2026.272) — Love the conversations I have with ChatGPT which help me refine both ideas and analyses of various work-related issues. However, I have invested many hours in a couple of projects only to have it fail to execute proper outputs because it failed to remember all the inputs. It hasn’t mattered whether the inputs were in the same chat, whether I utilized a project with specific project instructions and master files (ChatGPT ends up skipping steps in the instruction”
“Summary Verdict: Major new regression. TTFT, timeToComplete, and layoutDurationMs have all doubled or worse in every chat scenario, compared to the previous baseline window. This is not covered by any open tracking issue or prior alert. Evidence TTFT (timeToFirstToken) : e.g., text only: 244.9ms ±35.7ms → 515.9ms ±78.9ms (+111%); tool terminal: 238.6ms ±5.9ms → 627.2ms ±58.4ms (+163%). timeToComplete : e.g., text only: 891.5ms ±39.3ms → 1646ms ±82.1ms (+85%); thinking response: 887ms ±27.1ms → 1”