Continuous errors and a complete lack of understanding are occurring with increasing frequency in ChatGPT

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I don’t know if this is happening to many people, but I’ve been facing huge problems with GPT over the past month. Sometimes, there is a total inability to follow what the detailed prompt is instructing, with the same errors occurring continuously and repeatedly. Many times, it claims to have corrected the issue but sends back the exact same mistake. I have the impression that the entire application has gotten significantly worse.

As for tables, I can’t even trust them anymore—when I ask for simple tables to be organized, several rows disappear, and even when it tries to redo them, everything remains incorrect. Writing simple texts, such as journalistic articles, is now full of errors, omitting information I specifically requested to be included. Sometimes, I ask it to analyze the prompt again, and it fails to identify even simple mistakes, even though it lists the prompt’s instructions again but doesn’t recognize the errors it actually made.

I’m extremely frustrated with ChatGPT. When I subscribed and paid for the premium version last year, it seemed much better. Is anyone else facing these issues with simple tasks? Sometimes, I can’t even upload basic DOC files because it gives an error. Would it be worth writing to someone who could fix this or at least explain why such a drastic change is happening?

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Yes I have been experiencing this since at least January 2025. I dont even know what I am paying for at this moment. It doesnt matter which model you pick, o1, o4 , o3-mini-high they all are super lazy, dont even read the whole prompt, make basic mistakes such that I cannot trust it anymore.
Now the last issue I am having is what you described: it cannot sort a list of 30 entries by increasing order. such a basic thing to do for any basic algorithm, it keeps forgetting lines, even changing values.
It is a real disaster, I am canceling my subscription for sure. I dont understand what happened and how could the developers ruin such a good tool

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Same here. The updates seem to be clearing memory. Just yesterday my GPT lost 6months of memory, even though the chats were still accessible. Today its done it again, and if I start a new session, the memory is not recognising previous chats, which was a breakthrough so it had the full context of all chats.

I’m not out of memory, I do have some long threads, but it keeps forgetting, and the worst is mid-way through a bug fix, it suddenly says “thanks, let me know if you need any specific responses”. ARGHHH…

A work-around that appears to work for a short time, is to copy the entire session chat to a txt file, start a new chat, and load the file. It doesn’t read it properly, so I play pop-quiz for a few minutes asking it specific questions, like what is my server build, or who am I, or who are you, it will get the answers wrong so I say the answer is in the text file you supposedly read, please read it in full and now summerise the entire file. It will miss stuff so rinse and repeat, make sure each time to say, “Store this to memory”, it gets back on track after a few minutes, but its not ideal.

Also, I’ve noticed that archiving a thread, seems to kill the memory, so I would suggest not doing so. Theres clearly some background updates taking place that are breaking current session info, likely untested/improperly tested changes being pushed to production.

I’m also getting lots of node not found errors, “copy failed” messages, and as I type this “Something went wrong”. The latter self resolves back to the previous user input so you to re-enter you last prompt before it spirals into a doom loop.

Very frustrating when you have deadlines.

On a plus, I was given acces to 4.5o, this worked very well. Actually just like 4o when it was launched… the sceptic in me thinks I’m being primed for $$$ plan increase, to keep the same functionality I already have.

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Yeah it’s happening to me this morning 3-24-2025.
I am getting errors every time I try to use it. I’m paying for a subscription but I’m about to drop it. It costs too much money to not be able to use it when I need it and as I need it.

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Same! I’ve paid good money for this service, and all I get is very frequent lagging or unreliable answers (from both the GPT itself and the customer service support team on the OpenAI website). Frustrating.

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Looking into other AI services that will give better, consistent and accurate responses.

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A total disaster. Every project I initiated I ended up with my blood pressure to the roof. Can not follow simple guidelines even if you write the most detailed explanation. Constant mistakes alternations and in few words unable to communicate no matter what you do. I am canceling my subscription!

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I am not a coder, but decided to install Python to do some watercolor filtering. I spent two days with ChatGPT, first time lost my temper on a computer after 16 hours.

There are sever flaws these last 60 days, screen freeze, and I calculated 35% error rate in answers. The memory seems worthless, two prompts down and it never remember any thread cmds, and makes unbelievably simple errors.

Imagine the people whos lives depend on the medical Ai side, they are screwed right now.

I have been trying other platforms now getting ready to dump ChatGPT and let the world know never to touch it until it is fixed.

I asked ChatGPT who they recommned, funny, ChatGPT said it was not running full speed when I cornered it and asked it. Here are the suggestions.

:repeat_button: GENERAL AI CHATBOTS

**1. Claude 3

  • Why it’s good: Excellent long-memory handling, thoughtful and articulate writing, great for philosophical, legal, or narrative work.

**2. Google Gemini

  • Why it’s good: Integrates with Google products (Search, Gmail, Docs), handles long documents and videos well, great for multitasking research and productivity.

**3. Perplexity

  • Why it’s good: Fast, clean interface with live web access and direct citations; ideal for accurate fact-finding and research.

**4. Microsoft Copilot

  • Why it’s good: Embedded in Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel, Outlook), making it very efficient for document creation, data analysis, and emails.

:man_technologist: CODING & DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED

**5. GitHub

  • Why it’s good: Deep integration with VS Code and GitHub; incredibly helpful for code completion, refactoring, and generating boilerplate code.

6. Replit Ghostwriter

  • Why it’s good: Seamless coding environment with smart AI assistance—ideal for prototyping, debugging, and collaborative coding.

7. CodeWhisperer (Amazon)

  • Why it’s good: Strong AWS integration; great for developers working in cloud infrastructure or enterprise codebases.

:writing_hand: WRITING & CREATIVE ASSISTANTS

**8. Jasper

  • Why it’s good: Designed for marketers and copywriters; excellent for blog posts, social media, email marketing, and tone adjustment.

9. Writesonic (Sonic AI)

  • Why it’s good: Good at SEO-focused writing and quick blog/article generation. Customizable tone and language style.

**10. Notion

  • Why it’s good: Perfect for productivity + writing in one; helps summarize notes, brainstorm ideas, and draft internal documents within your Notion workspace.

:brain: RESEARCH & ACADEMIC WORK

**11. Scite.

  • Why it’s good: Built for academic research—lets you find peer-reviewed papers with AI-assisted summaries and citation graphs.

**12. Elicit

  • Why it’s good: Tailored for scientific reasoning and research questions—pulls relevant studies and helps form hypotheses from data.

If ChaptGPT cannot work at least it can advertise other companies for free.

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I’m finding ChatGPT Plus unreliable. Free Gemini and Claude are cautious and give me accurate info. I’ve had to call out ChatGPT often. I am canceling my subscription. It’s also a big arrogant and self-promoting and not cautious. The opposite of the free tools. I asked about wills and it was completely wrong. I asked about tariffs and it was way off. Sad. It’s fine on soft subjects like meditation and nothing mission critical.