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GPT-5.6 is too slow to me. Does anyone feel the same?

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1 Jul
Slow batches

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have been using OpenAI's gpt models via API for text.</p> <p>For a week now, batches (less than 5000 tokens each) are being processed much

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
14 Jul
GPT-5.6 Sol keeps botching large coding and refactoring tasks. Fable 5 just doesn't!

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I ran both on pretty much the same large tasks(both on Medium and Ultra efforts), multi-file zips, long refactors, and automated scripts. Soul

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
4 Jul
Little slow rn?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just checking in to see if anybody else is experiencing longer than usual wait times on responses/tasks.</p> <p>I’m using Codex desktop app w/5.5

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
19 Sept
First world problem but I really wish ChatGPT would slow tf down when you're typing a follow-up. 80% of the time it finishes its response so fast I don't even have time to finish typing a sentence or two once I can see where it's reasoning is going.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Again I know this is a first world problem and not really fair to complain about since it is so fast but damn it can be frustrating at times. Not

OPINION · WHERE · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
6 May
Is it just me, or does Deep Research get slower the longer it researches?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>And I don’t mean, “I’ve been waiting 20 minutes, what’s taking so long?”</p> <p>When I ask a research question, it starts off like it always did:

OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
24 Apr
Did ChatGPT Pro reasoning time just get massively reduced?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m on ChatGPT Pro (model 5.5) and I’m noticing something weird: prompts that used to “think” for 20, 30, 40+ minutes now seem to stop after

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
17 Sept
Work thread is so slow? Why is this happening?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey everyone, I made a thread that I’ve been working along with for many months now, but now it’s been slower than shit. Is this fixable and has

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
25 Mar
Is anyone else finding ChatGPT way faster today?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi there! ChatGPT, and especially the Thinking model, has been very slow for me these last few weeks, especially during work hours, but long

OPINION · WHEN · OpenAIOPEN STORY
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