I’m suddenly having multiple issues within my ChatGPT 4o Team account. I’m having issues with both projects and custom GPTs. My projects were working fine the last few days now suddenly ChatGPT is ignoring the instructions inside the instruction box of a project. If I past the prompts in the regu…

It’s expected that over time prompts and structures will need to be adjusted as OpenAI updates the models

I utilize Chat approximately 40 hours per week, primarily for coding and project-related tasks. I have observed that I frequently need to repeat simple instructions each time I pose a question to it. For instance, as a non-coder, I request Chat to share the steps in a response one at a time rather t…

I think it’s a wider issue. I even get odd replies from o1, o3 and gpt-4o in the front-end whereby it does not follow instructions properly and it also confuses output. For instance, I ask it to update a prompt for me and then it returns 3 sets of data behind each other and I have to manually copy p…

I have felt a shift in gpt4o as well. Some prompts not working and the response structure feels different. I’m sure it’s just a case of re-arrangement. Will have to try it out more to see if it’s truth.

I’m still not having any luck with this working. No matter what I try it just ignores the instructions. It appears GPT4o Team is completely dysfunctional. This is extremely disappointing.

I discovered if I enter the following each time I ask a question it will execute the prompts in the “Team Instructions”. If I don’t provide this in the message window every time I ask a question it will just ignore the prompts provided in “Instructions”. “Follow the original instructions and answe…

I started having issues that I think are similar to this post almost a week ago with ChatGPT 4o (I am a plus user). -It does not remember things we have talked about in previous conversations (and no “memory updated” message). -It forgets what we are talking about mid-conversation. -When I ask it…

[image] HSC: –“Got it! Let me know if you’d like to add anything else or change any details.” –“Got it! Let me know if you’d like to add or adjust anything further.” –“Got it! Let me know if you’d like to update or add anything else.” Yes, I’ve noticed this exact issue as well.

This seems a bit ridiculous, but I figured out a workaround. I must enter the following every time I ask a question. If I don’t it will ignore my prompts. STRICT FORMAT REQUIRED: Follow the structured process I provided. BEFORE answering, confirm you are following the structured process. Proceed …

I’ve encountered the same issue. I automated most of the work, and now I rely on ChatGPT for answers, but the responses have become so inconsistent that I had to take the application down. I’m rewriting it using another AI to verify that all steps are correctly executed, which will call your AI for …

ChatGPT4o ignoring prompts in instructions box

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ChatGPT4o ignoring prompts in instructions box

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