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ChatGPT is getting slow as chat increases. How to deal with this?

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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
21 Apr
I opened devtools on a 200 message ChatGPT chat and the memory usage surprised me

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Been using chatgpt heavily for months. long research chats, coding sessions, projects that run hundreds of messages deep. at some point every tab

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
27 Mar
Big conversations are very slow

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have this issue when using chatGPT by browser. Long conversations with big texts are too slow. It takes a lot of time to type. Any way to solve

OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
23 Mar
Extremely slow chat

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello,</p> <p>i have ChatGPT Plus suscription, i use it mostly for my business.</p> <p>I have projects for each client, but in a single chat with

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
23 Mar
Lagging when typing

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I am getting really tired of the chatgpt typing bug, or whatever it is. The small millisecond delay when typing is really frustrating and makes

OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN 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
27 Mar
Why does ChatGPT stop with a ■ and I can’t continue the conversation?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello.<br /> Since ChatGPT was updated, it frequently stops with a ■ and I can’t continue the conversation. Is this happening only to me?<br />

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
20 May
Does turning off history produce better chat results?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I don't know if anyone else has come across this but ChatGPT seems to take instructions and parameters from previous, older chats and applies

OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
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