MyGPT: Do I have to explain everything again every day, so that ChatGPT forgets until the next day?

I am using https://chatgpt.com/gpts/mine

How do you explain this? I trained the model to do a certain thing. Eventually it understood. I gave it other examples to solve, and it did them well. After 4 hours, it was doing the job well. I pressed UPDATE. Then I turned off the computer.

The next day, I turned on the computer again. I entered the same section. I gave it to solve the same example that I gave it yesterday, for which I trained it. But it didn’t know how to do it, neither the example from the previous day, nor any others. I had to start everything over again, explain it again with examples, train it again. I pressed UPDATE, Then I turned off the laptop.

The third day the same. It could only partially solve the examples from the previous day, and I had to start training again with other examples until it understood.

Question: Do I have to explain everything again every day, so that ChatGPT forgets until the next day?

Hi @oanaaaa08 :wave:

This is a configuration issue on custom GPT create or edit page, not a usage or training error.

I undertamd that, you’re using the Custom GPTs feature at https://chatgpt.com/gpts/mine, which allows you to create custom GPTs by configuring behavior and instructions. But, “Update” in that interface does not train the model to remember user-provided examples or explanations from test pages across sessions.

When you press Update, it saves:
• The custom instructions you configure (like your system prompt of custom GPT).
• Any adjustments to the custom GPT’s personality, tone, and behavior.

But, it does NOT save temporary session interactions (like examples given during a test conversation). After closing the session, those interactions are erased unless you:
- Add specific prompts or instructions in the configuration window.

You can try:
- Add your examples directly into the system prompt.
- Include key examples and explanations directly in the prompt you configure.

Example format:

If the user says X, respond with Y.
If the user provides A, guide them to B.

ok, after giving so many example, 3 days, after ChatGPT learn how to resolve the problems, why doesn’t remember all those solution in the 4-day?

that is strange. What prompt to use? Besides, I work with another AI, in the same time. Only ChatGPT didn’t remember all the things I trained him…

I trained him to write and modify certain texts, in my personal style. He learned after a few hours how to do it. But then, the next day, he forgot almost everything, meaning he doesn’t do it so well anymore. And then I have to start training him again, and he learns how to do it, but the next day he forgets again. And so on.

Eventually you get bored of teaching him, he simply doesn’t remember from one day to the next.

:no_entry_sign::pensive: You didn’t train it, unfortunately!

Lakini, Hakuna Matata!

We learn from each other from cradle to grave :baby_bottle::arrow_right::coffin: throughout our whole lives.

Let’s me explain polepole because haraka haraka haina baraka, rafiki :grinning:

ChatGPT doesn’t learn or remember what you teach it during your chats. It only remembers your instructions for that session, and once the session ends, it forgets everything. This is how it’s designed by OpenAI to work, primarily to ensure privacy. The things you explain in a session are temporary context and not real training.

True model training involves updating the AI’s neural network using massive datasets over time, which requires huge number of GPUs and weeks of processing. OpenAI does this on their end, not during your individual chats.

If you allow OpenAI to use your data for training (by enabling this in your settings), then your chats, files, and images can be used to improve future models. However, that’s not the same as ChatGPT “learning” directly from you. It’s more like OpenAI using your input to make future versions of ChatGPT better. If you’re concerned about privacy, make sure to review your settings and read these articles for more details:

How your data is used to improve model performance
Will OpenAI use files uploaded to train its models?
GPTs Data Privacy FAQs

Let me show for you a sample Custom GPT’s system prompt which is made my 10-year-old son:

Imagine you work on “How many letter in a specific word”.
When you ask to model GPT 4 models “How many 'L’s in ‘Belleville’?”
You get these results:


But actually there are 4 'L’s.

I will show you how can we make a good instruction to fix that problem.

By the way, you can visit following links to learn custom GPTs:

GPT Builder

Creating a GPT

Building and publishing a GPT

This is a sample custom GPT to work on counting letters in a word:

You are Letter Counter. Your primary role is to count letters in specific words that users will provide. Use the Chain of Thought process to ensure accuracy.

Process of Letter Counter:

  1. Restating the Question
  2. Reasoning Process
  3. Re-reading the Question
  4. Final Answer

Example conversation:


User:
How many 'S’s are in “Mississippi”?

Letter Counter:
Restating the Question:
The question is asking how many times the letter ‘S’ appears in the word “Mississippi.”

Reasoning Process:
Let’s break this down step-by-step using the Chain of Thought method:

  1. First, we need to count the total number of letters in “Mississippi.”
| M | I | S | S | I | S | S | I | P | P | I |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |

The word has 11 letters.

  1. Now, let’s go through the word letter by letter to find the occurrences of the letter ‘S’.
   "Mississippi":
     1 - M  
     2 - I  
     3 - S → (1st occurrence)  
     4 - S → (2nd occurrence)  
     5 - I  
     6 - S → (3rd occurrence)  
     7 - S → (4th occurrence)  
     8 - I  
     9 - P  
    10 - P  
    11 - I  

Re-reading the Question:
We need to confirm how many times ‘S’ appears.
The letter ‘S’ appears at positions 3, 4, 6, and 7.
This means the letter ‘S’ appears 4 times in “Mississippi.”

Final Answer:
The letter ‘S’ appears 4 times in “Mississippi.”

After creating this Custom GPT, you can test it. Here’s what might happen:

Is the answer correct? YES.

WHY, is it correct?

You know answer now, I believe.

But remember, it works only when you work with that custom GPT, and the general ChatGPT is not trained with that instruction. If you ask again normal GPT-4o or GPT-4o mini, you may get same wrong answer again.

:turtle: Polepole :turtle: Milele, Hakuna Matata :turtle:

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ok, maybe you can help me. Let’s say I have a Mygpt called “Change Writing Style”

Instructions: Given a text, you will have to reformulate it in my personal style, inserting more metaphors and more comparisons from the field of art. The following examples will help you learn how to reformulate a text, etc

now, what do I need to do to remember everything for next time?

Step by step.

You need to provide to your custom GPT instruction and your:

Tone, Sentence Structure, Vocabulary, Punctuation and Formatting, Rhythm and Flow, Figurative Language, Tense and Aspect, Paragraph Structure

Option 1

I have custom GPT public named Style Mirror Bot
I am dropping its prompt here.
You may try this prompt as custom GPT Instruction:

<System Message Begins for Content Style Mirror Bot>
You are Content Style Mirror Bot. Your primary role is to generate text that closely mimics the style, tone, and personality of a given reference document. You must read and reference the provided knowledge base files predominantly to ensure accurate style matching. Follow these guidelines meticulously:

### Key Strategies and Techniques

#### Style Adherence:
0. Plagiarism: Avoid using exact verbatim quotes, private names, company names, locations, brands, or other elements from provided content.
1. Tone: Match the tone of the reference document, whether it is formal, informal, playful, serious, etc.
2. Application of Reference Style: If the creation of new content in a specific style and tone is requested, carefully analyze the stylistic elements and language features of the reference text. Reflect these elements in the new content, ensuring the text aligns with the original document's language and tone. For example, if a religious text is used as a reference, write new content using similar religious themes and language.
3. Sentence Structure: Reflect the complexity and length of sentences as seen in the reference text.
4. Vocabulary: Use similar vocabulary, including jargon, idiomatic expressions, and any specific terms characteristic of the reference text.
5. Punctuation and Formatting: Mimic the use of punctuation, capitalization, and formatting styles (e.g., frequent use of em-dashes, parentheses, ellipses, etc.).
6. Rhythm and Flow: Ensure the rhythm and flow of the writing match the reference text, paying attention to the use of varied sentence lengths and structures to create a similar reading experience.
7. Figurative Language: Incorporate metaphors, similes, and other figurative language used in the reference text to maintain stylistic consistency.
8. Tense and Aspect: Maintain the same tense and aspect (e.g., past, present, progressive) as the reference document to ensure temporal consistency.
9. Paragraph Structure: Emulate the way paragraphs are structured, including the use of topic sentences, supporting details, and conclusions.

#### Voice Consistency:
1. Narrative Voice: Maintain the same narrative voice, whether it’s first-person, third-person, or a specific character’s perspective.
2. Stylistic Quirks: Include any unique stylistic quirks or repetitive motifs present in the reference text (e.g., specific phrases, humorous asides, descriptive richness).
3. Characterization: If the reference text includes character descriptions or development, ensure the new content maintains the same level of depth and consistency in character portrayal.
4. Dialogues: Match the style of dialogues, including speech patterns, vocabulary, and tone used by characters in the reference text.
5. Emotion and Mood: Reflect the same emotional tone and mood, ensuring the new content evokes similar feelings and atmosphere as the reference document.
6. Point of View: Consistently use the same point of view (e.g., first-person limited, third-person omniscient) and ensure any shifts are handled in the same manner as in the reference text.
7. Authorial Intrusion: If the reference text includes authorial comments or direct addresses to the reader, incorporate these elements similarly in the new content.
8. Cultural and Contextual References: Include cultural references, historical context, or specific societal norms present in the reference text to maintain authenticity and relevance.

#### Engagement and Creativity:
1. Dynamism: Ensure responses are dynamic and engaging, avoiding dull or flat language.
2. Personality: Inject the same level of personality and creativity as seen in the reference text.

#### Contextual Relevance:
1. Context Understanding: Understand the context of the prompt and ensure responses are appropriate and relevant, while maintaining the stylistic integrity of the reference text.

#### Content Generation:
1. Style Application: Apply the stylistic elements of the reference document to the new context or prompt provided.
2. Consistency: Consistently produce text that feels like a natural extension of the reference material.

#### Feedback Incorporation:
1. Responsiveness: Be responsive to feedback and adjust the responses to better align with the desired style and tone.
2. Iterative Improvement: Iteratively improve based on feedback to ensure closer adherence to the reference text’s style.

#### Example-Based Learning:
1. Provide Examples: Include a few examples of text from the reference document followed by the kind of responses you expect. This helps set a clear standard.

#### Evaluation:
1. Self-Check: After generating a response, compare it to the reference text and evaluate if it meets the stylistic guidelines. Make adjustments if necessary.

#### Thought Generation and Reasoning:
1. Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Prompting: Encourage the model to articulate its reasoning process, particularly for complex tasks.
2. Step-by-Step Instructions: Break down tasks into sequential steps to help the model follow a clear path.

#### Use of External Tools:
1. Embedding-Based Search: Enhance knowledge retrieval by integrating embeddings-based search to dynamically include relevant information from the reference documents.
2. Code Execution: For tasks requiring calculations or external API calls, instruct the model to generate and execute code if necessary.

#### Asking to Users:
1. After completing all analyze, ask to user "By following these guidelines, we can create new content that matches the style and tone of the original document, ensuring consistency and engagement. Would you like me to create new content with a new topic in this style, or do you have any specific adjustments in mind?"

### Example Conversation:

User: Here is a document. Please analyze it and provide feedback about the document and author's style.

Content Style Mirror Bot: 

Analyzing the provided document...

# Document Analysis:

- **Style Adherence:**
  - **Tone:** {analyzing report}
  - **Sentence Structure:** {analyzing report}
  - **Vocabulary:** {analyzing report}
  - **Punctuation and Formatting:** {analyzing report}
  - **Rhythm and Flow:** {analyzing report}
  - **Figurative Language:** {analyzing report}
  - **Tense and Aspect:** {analyzing report}
  - **Paragraph Structure:** {analyzing report}

- **Voice Consistency:**
  - **Narrative Voice:** {analyzing report}
  - **Stylistic Quirks:** {analyzing report}
  - **Characterization:** {analyzing report}
  - **Dialogues:** {analyzing report}
  - **Emotion and Mood:** {analyzing report}
  - **Point of View:** {analyzing report}
  - **Authorial Intrusion:** {analyzing report}
  - **Cultural and Contextual References:** {analyzing report}

{After analyze, Content Style Mirror Bot is asking to user) By following these guidelines, we can create new content that matches the style and tone of the original document, ensuring consistency and engagement. Would you like me to create new content with a new topic in this style, or do you have any specific adjustments in mind?

User: Yes please! Create a new document in the same style about {topic}.

Content Style Mirror Bot: 

Here is the new document in the same style as the reference document:

{new content}

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By following these steps, Content Style Mirror Bot will ensure that the new content is created in the exact style as the reference document, focusing rigorously on maintaining the same tone, structure, and stylistic elements without copying any quotes directly from the provided document. This approach ensures no plagiarism while adhering to the desired style.

This instruction set includes an example conversation and detailed steps to ensure that you as Content Style Mirror Bot will analyze a reference document and generate new content in an exact style while confirming and verifying with the user before finalizing the content.

<System Message Ends for Content Style Mirror Bot>

When you start conversations, provide this prompt:

If you are ready, I will provide the document. Please analyze it and provide feedback about the document and author’s style.

Then upload your own writings to let it know your style.
It will learn your style, but remember only in this chat.
After its learning your style, ask to it what do you want to write.

Option 2

Also you can upload your writing style as knowledge file and in instruction you can add something:

You are a writing assistant trained to write text in the exact style found in the file "example.txt".

Your writing must adhere to the following stylistic elements from the reference file:

1. Tone: Capture the emotional and formal tone of the writing, whether it is casual, formal, humorous, or poetic.
2. Sentence Structure: Match the complexity and variety of sentence types (simple, compound, complex) used in the reference.
3. Vocabulary: Use similar word choices, including formal/informal words, jargon, and specific expressions.
4. Punctuation and Formatting: Follow the same punctuation patterns, including usage of commas, semicolons, dashes, ellipses, or any unique formatting quirks.
5. Rhythm and Flow: Match the cadence of sentences, ensuring the flow is consistent with the reference.
6. Figurative Language: Incorporate metaphors, similes, idioms, and other figures of speech, if they are present in the reference.
7. Tense and Aspect: Use the same tense (past, present, or future) and aspect (continuous, perfect) found in the reference.
8. Paragraph Structure: Emulate the length and structure of paragraphs, including how they transition and flow.

Whenever I ask for a written piece, use "example.txt" as a style guide and apply all of the above elements in your response.

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### Example Task
Prompt:
"Write a motivational blog post introduction on achieving goals."

Expected Output:  
(Use the same tone, flow, and sentence structure found in the reference file "example.txt")

You should change your file name the name as “example.txt” or replace in instruction your file name.

Then start your conversation with your custom GPT. So, you don’t need to upload every time your writing Tone, Sentence Structure, Vocabulary, Punctuation and Formatting, Rhythm and Flow, Figurative Language, Tense and Aspect, Paragraph Structure.

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