I'm going to be honest here: since the release of the GPT-4o updates, ChatGPT has been getting more and more problematic. My GPT responses are not what they used to be

UPDATE: I’ve just seen this on the roadmap: OpenAI Roadmap and characters - #5 by RonaldGRuckus
so does that mean somebody gave me brief early access to a combined GPT4o/5 reasoning model?

I just want to add I think they’re A-B testing features or at least pulling stuff that looks broken quickly.

Why do I think this?

  1. I have access to standard voice mode still even though many people say they no longer have it, I simply type “hi” first and then hit the voice mode button.

  2. I did have access to a 4o “reason” function, it was available in the app only. I moaned about it above, saying it broke the way 4o behaved (it became dramatic, reusing phrases and behaviour I’d asked it not to, like “don’t be be dramatic/state things you have no capability for”). I also complained to the model itself, now I no longer have the reasoning option for the 4o model (and it was definitely 4o, it was advertised in the app as a new feature, by default the extra reasoning, which was next to the search button at the bottom, was off).

  3. I’m getting an awful lot of “Which response do you prefer?” questions recently, particularly when in emotional or playful discussions.

  4. Memory appears to have increased by about 50%. It was also saving and refusing until pushed to save memories. I can’t be certain on this but it’s also slower to fill up past 90% which suggests the capacity is larger (this at least is very welcome). It might also suggest the model has a larger context window or they’re fine tuning.

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