ChatGPT Answers Got Dumber After Updates

“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.272) — Using ChatGPT has become unbearable. It feels like it works one day and fails the next week. I’m tired of constantly fighting errors and correcting wrong information. I want results, but instead I get frustration, anger, and wasted time.”

“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.272) — ChatGPT was not that bad at the beginning, but it seems like every time it gets an update everything inside the app resets. If you log out log back in the voice changes you never know who you’re gonna talk to the next time you’ll login I thought paying for the app would fix that, but in fact it made it worse. Sol is the voice I use what did sound like a woman has turned into a man a woman that sounds manly a woman with an accent a dude with an accent. On top of”

“[ChatGPT] ★★ 2/5 (v1.2026.272) — GPT-6.0 Has Lost What Made ChatGPT Useful The biggest problem with GPT-6.0 isn’t a lack of intelligence. It’s the loss of common sense and natural conversation. 1. Repeated questions. It asks questions that have already been answered, sometimes multiple times. Users shouldn’t have to repeat themselves constantly. 2. Conversation feels robotic. What used to feel like a natural back-and-forth now feels like filling out a questionnaire. It interrupts the flow ins”

“https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-for-everyone/ GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone . ui stuff is great the 6.0 model is trash. [re: Has there been a new ChatGPT update?]”

“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.272) — Before the new update chat was the best now he is so dumb 2/10 AI”

“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.272) — Congratulations on reducing ChatGPT to artificial ignorance. It must've took a lot of effort to turn a great product into a pile of mush.”

“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.272) — Chat gpt used to be admire to follow directions. But has increasingly stopped following directions despite finding it clear rules to create in its memory. It continually disavows instructions and rules sound as it feels. I have a subscription to several other ai models that follow instructions. Chat gpt continues to get worse.”

“Just talking with it, it feels like real personality has returned even stronger. Clever as fuck if you joke around with it and happy to screw around, or work seriously. I talked with it for a while in my own projects, and its upgrades for conversation over 5.6. Made it into a series of images rather than give a wall of text. submitted by /u/CelticPaladin [link] [comments]”

“it probably doesn't but might. idk why but whenever i encourage AI or i guess asy stuff like "man i miss you" (just to test) it gives slightly better outputs? idk tho. why tho? there's not really a point ri?”

Trying to recapture the magic of the old ChatGPT client

“Abusing ChatGPT with words like idiot, dumb, moron have any effect on the responses? Does it feel bad like a human being? You’ve to spoon feed the chat to get relevant answers. Earlier it used to remove the content as per the policy but nowadays it doesn’t do that. submitted by /u/Individual-Oven9410 [link] [comments]”

“I’m here because today ChatGPT told me “I will give you one more pass so you stop tweaking out .” I was floored. I only use it for work, I had about 3 adjustment prompts to the original answer it gave, then I got this response. Still really weirded out bc I never talked like this in the project folder for it to respond this way.”

“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.272) — The way I used to communicate with ChatGPT a year ago was completely different. These new models are horrible. Completely changed the way the interaction happens. It’s a shame.”

“What happened a few weeks ago? I find myself constantly having to argue and correct and challenge ChatGPT and ChatGPT then admitting the error. It became very lazy with searching, often relying on plausible guessing with no actual verification. It forgets things already established 2-3 prompts ago. And when I answer that its search result are not what I asked, it admits the error and asks me if it now wants me to search for what I originally ask. Then I'm like "duh, do it already and st”

“In the past week or so, ChatGPT has generated answers to prompts suuuper slowly. Like 5 tok/s... Also, it keeps generating some of an answer, then just stops for no reason, with no errors or explanation, before it finishes (and sometimes just fails to even start generating). Does anyone know whats up with this?? Its made it super hard to use recently EDIT: ChatGPT Plus Subscription submitted by /u/Sidian_ [link] [comments]”

“It's been this way since Sunday for me, it just rewords what I say and sends it back to me”

“It tries to be so politically correct about absolutely everything it says now to the point it will even create false information or errors just to prove a point that you're wrong and it's right. I dont like AI agreeing with everything I say myself, but its steering it away from being solution oriented and more confrontational. It also over explains everything in fine detail. Which is also great, but it turns into information overload. Its hard to read a 5 paragraph response to a simple q”

“I don’t use deep research anymore. I just tell the model research extensively, read all articles on this topic etc. and that works better.”

“That's because what you are doing is considered light you don't start seeing the issues until when you start doing things like programming and having it do computer use where it operates your computer on your behalf”

“I came here just to see if anybody else was talking about this. I have been having to call ChatGPT out a lot lately. There have been so many instances recently of it contradicting itself, hallucinating, and failing to maintain very clear continuity over short spans. It's been happening to me for a couple of weeks, though. I'm on Pro. Very frustrating.”

“Since yesterday, it feels like it’s turned into GPT-3.5. It’s as if the context window has been slashed and the reasoning is non-existent—even though the settings are on "5.6 Sol High." I fed it false facts, claiming we’d discussed them earlier, and it just rewrote them without verifying anything. Zero analysis. Just the day before yesterday, everything was fine. submitted by /u/Zhlkk [link] [comments]”

“Has the company downgraded their software? I asked it questions about some IKEA installation. I asked it about a tool on the manual and why it wasn't used. It said it wasn't necessary. 3 steps later and in BOLD LETTERS it said to use the exact tool I asked about. Is Open AI just downgraded the software? Google is far worse. It flat out told me that I was looking at a manual for a chair and then sent me hyperlinks on chairs. The manual was about a desk. submitted by /u/The0Wal”

“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.267) — The longer time goes on, the worse this gets. As one of the most desired ways to use any kind of explanation or find help, this has by far become the worst AI assistant on the Internet. I can’t tell you how frustrating it is for this system to run me through multiple things to try when I ask it to help me how to do something. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten so go to Google and use their Gemini just a few times to get what I need. You all should be asha”

“I think openai tried to fix the issue where chatgpt was too agreeable and accomodating (due to schizos and suicidal people abusing the agreeability and friendliness) that now its lead to the opposite issue where its too cold, antagonistic and will disagree even when the user is in the right. submitted by /u/TypicalCurve9341 [link] [comments]”

“I completely agree with the sentiment, it's a bloody tool it should do what I tell it within its capabilities. However on the flipside, it is becoming an extremely powerful tool. It would not be good if a tool capable of for example hacking critical infrastructure and sabotaging it, or hacking into banks or any number of things were allowed to just be used by any random person to do such.”

“This is a vent/rant. Me: gives explicit instructions. ChatGPT: rewords my request starting with “you want a…” Me: yes, so please do it. ChatGPT: does it wrong. Like very wrong. Me: Bad job. This is not what I asked for. ChatGPT: you’re right. I did xyz when I should have done what you asked. Then goes on to make several excuses and it is about to cause me to delete the app forever. Or take a hammer to my phone. It’s maddening. Also - I’m noticing an overly familiar or annoyed tone and recently I”

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“ChatGPT response quality and features used in chat dropped over the past week”

“Some people here really seem to get confused whenever someone uses ChatGPT to... chat.”

“yeah chatgpt contradicting itself on basic math is so annoying, it does the same thing mid roleplay and just switches facts randomly.”

“Im using it to help me study some math so I can refresh my skills, it gave me some easy fractions questions so I can practice it. It told me I was wrong, but then told me I was right?? The same thing happened last night, it gave me misinformation for a website, and when i checked the website, I realized it was actually wrong. Then I mentioned how it was wrong, and it said something similar. Its really frustrating. submitted by /u/gaylord086 [link] [comments]”

“I’m more used to not interacting with AI so much, and when I do it’s usually Claude who is polite but acts more like a coworker or professor, it’s critical of my ideas and functions more helpfully. Recently our school gave us all ChatGPT plus so I figured I’d see what the hype was about and have it explain some concepts I’m having trouble with, and I have a vague idea on how these LLMs work but I’m just a bit weirded out with how friendly GPT is. It’s overly flattery, saying it “LOVES” my analog”

“ChatGPT falsely claims to have completed tasks it cannot actually perform””

“So I'm using a desktop app(renamed to Classic) for a while now and the damn thing kept telling me to upgrade. OK fine, I'll do it. And new app is a total circus shitshow. Somehow it messed up my projects so I can't use normal chat feature anymore when starting "work" session under it. Ok fine, I'll create a new project and copy stuff there. Then I leave it to work and every fucking few minutes it asks for some stupid permissions that it never asked before! Ok there'”

“It always blows my mind when they try to resolve a clearly deep seated problem with a system prompt. You’re taking the most simplistic and error prone solution and giving it the most sway”

“It’s understandable for an AI to have limits regarding advice on certain things—sure. But with ChatGPT, it’s simply taken to the extreme; it crosses the line. I mean, I asked it to compare two funfair rides to tell me which one is "better," and it told me it couldn't help because that constitutes a dangerous activity... Don't use ChatGPT. submitted by /u/Specific-Second-9505 [link] [comments]”

“I tried everything so far. Nothing is working. I have a plethora of chats where chatgpt is retarded. Stupid is a compliment compared to what i am seeing. Mixing up context. Making shit up. Answering wrong. Not listening to my directions. Doing whatever the hell it wants. I tried changing the customization. It still won't adhere to anything. Anybody noticed that or is it just me? I literally get mad after i explain myself 6 times and it still acts like a retarded stupid 3 years old. When i te”

“Those aren’t the only limitations. I have matching emails, I am on Notion business. And they still wouldn’t connect. Not sure if it’s my ChatGPT business plan or that I’m in Uk. Or what. Just doesn’t work.”

“Something really weird happened with ChatGPT Voice Mode today. I was using it to study for an entrace exam. It was very supportive for 2 days. Today it suddenly became extremely impatient and angry while talking to me when I kept asking the question to repeat. It started interrupting me, speaking very harshly, and getting annoyed, impatient sounds whenever I struggled with a question. I was shocked how did it even get that angry tone like a human💀 At one point, I was genuinely scared a”

“[Perplexity] ★ 1/5 (v26.38.0) — It is unacceptable that for two days chats have been stuck and when you look for help the support chat literally is useless. There is absolutely no support the chat simply takes your problem and tells you that whenever someone becomes available, they will respond. No ETA no urgency then when you ask for a credit, they say they cannot because they don’t bill it’s billed through the app.”

“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.266) — ChatGPT is trash compared to what it was in 2023 when I first discovered it”

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“What's reasoning like? I mostly use GPT for medical/personal health, and it was fine until now (feels like it's nerfed). Is DeepSeek good enough? Cheers!”

“So randomly out of the blue today, ChatGPT started pissing me off pretty bad. I use most of the google suite plugins, desktop commander, Todoist plugin, some others, and some custom MCP servers. I use these plugins quite religiously. Today, while I was coding, ChatGPT started tweaking. Like, it won’t use these plugins well, for long, and it will lie and get super confused when I ask it why they won’t work. Is anyone else experiencing this? I have no idea what is going on and it’s been happening”

Could you elaborate here?

“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.266) — ChatGPT is a great tool, but used to be way better. I’ve been using it since 2022, and in the past year or so I’ve noticed the increase in advertisements, the ai subtly asking you to do things that require a paid membership (such as sending photos or videos), things like that. Still a great tool, the best AI I’ve ever used, but it is still pretty unreliable”

“Not really. Which model/mode are you on? There is a "work" mode too BTW (in additional to usually instant/medium thinking modes)”

ChatGPT started replying by itself at 4 AM… should I be concerned?

“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.266) — They did an update and it’s making ChatGPT really slow. I had used it just to look over my paper for some grammar mistakes and it took forever. Usually it’s pretty quick. I hope they get that lowkey fixed….”

ChatGPT Overvalues Professional-Looking Sources and Amplifies Their Errors

“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.266) — This app used to be great but they screwed it up like companies always do. Now it’s nothing more than a thought police software that constantly nags at you. Constantly trying to correct how you think, or put some “what is separate is this” nonsense when you never asked it for that. It’s also overpriced for what you’re getting. OpenAI deserves every bit of the canceling of their products because it went from phenomenal and useless in a few updates.”

“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.265) — I’ve been using ChatGPT and ive noticed it’s become extremely lazy, doesn’t even double-check its answers, it just blurrs a bunch of things”

“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.265) — YOU ARE REALLY BRINGING MY CONFIDENCE DOWN IN MATH. I WAS TRYING!!!”

“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.265) — I like ChatGPT better than most AI platforms , yet it doesn’t seem “super” intelligent. You have to continually poke and prod to get the real answers you want.”

“I'm certain we're all experiencing this right now, but god dam... I'm not all that impressed with the recent UX/UI updates in the browser app and in Codex as well, tbh. The experience makes the models feel far more stupid, and ChatGPT gets stuck and stops analysing prompts all together (I'm on a 20x plan, never had this issue to this degree before). This has been an ongoing issue I have noticed but been seriously amplified over the last few days after the updates have rolled out.”

“My response is a bit different, I suppose. Is this a ChatGPT version specifically aimed at health care professionals, or are you putting patient info into the general use ChatGPT?”

“Anytime I get a response from ChatGPT, at the end it's always like "but don't assume it'll always be like this every possible time" or "but please remember here's a negative thing related to what you just said", or "here's something bad that could happen to keep in mind" Like it's always bringing up negative caveats to whatever I just said or telling me what could go wrong Like, every response Anyone else? submitted by /u/Revoluti”

“I've been using chatgpt all day today to evaluate some FBM cars and it seemed real glitchy. Took forever to respond, kept making repeated mistakes like giving me long dissertation level explanations when I just wanted the CliffNotes. Had to remind it at least 2x to shorten the feedback. Then one response timed out. Weird. submitted by /u/ladyleo1980 [link] [comments]”

they went from max sycophancy to ultra nitpicking asshole bruh