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GPT switches to lower intelligence-levels randomly.

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4 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 18 June 2026
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How the story developed
21 Aug
what the hell is going on ??
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
Other feeds and industry voices
4 May
No thinking time reported and answers are completely instant... anyone else?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>As the title says. I'm getting absolutely no thinking time reported on my prompts, and the answers are coming out completely instant. It feels

OPINION · WHO · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
1 May
Standard voice is being rerouted to 5.3 despite being set to 5.5

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>For me, when I select GPT-5.5 Thinking with Auto-switch off; standard voice generates a response labelled GPT-5.3. If I leave voice mode and use

OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
8 Apr
You can no longer give input to ChatGPT Pro while it's thinking.

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1sfnerp/you_can_no_longer_give_input_to_chatgpt_pro_while/"> <img alt="You can no longer give input to ChatGPT

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
19 Oct
PSA: ChatGPT intentionally swaps selected model from 5.6 to 6

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1xa60rq/psa_chatgpt_intentionally_swaps_selected_model/"> <img alt="PSA: ChatGPT intentionally swaps selected

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
29 Apr
GPT-5.5 isn’t a flashy upgrade — but it changes how AI actually gets work done

&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AdGlittering2629"> /u/AdGlittering2629 </a> <br /> <span><a

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
22 Aug
It just giving me fast answers

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was using chatgbt to edit a file I had and the conversation was going for long and it was getting slower so I deleted it then I started the new

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
26 Apr
ChatGPT becomes dumber by the day

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1swng8u/chatgpt_becomes_dumber_by_the_day/"> <img alt="ChatGPT becomes dumber by the day"

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
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