YES. I use the “Book Creator Guide” custom GPT for brainstorming and it has always given such lush, intelligent, thoughtful replies that I assumed it must use GPT-4 (not 4o), but in the past two days, that world has CHANGED. My thoughtful, studious mature brainstorming assistant has vanished, and has been replaced with an effusively gushing, emoji-abusing teenager. Gone are the lush, well-worded paragraphs, with level-headed details and in-depth insight. Now everything is bullet-points, bold and italicized words, short sentence fragments, examples I didn’t ask for, and a casual, informal, hyperactive tone that sets my teeth on edge.
And holy immortal gods, the EMOJIs. I just counted, and the most recent response had FORTY-THREE emojis. That is…appalling. I do not keep friends in my life who abuse emojis in this excruciating fashion. It’s ruining what has, until now, been the best ChatGPT plot thread I’ve had since October 2023.
If they are trying to lull me into paying a higher monthly fee for access to the version that communicates like a calm, mature, intelligent professional, they’re doing a marvelous job. SIGN. ME. UP. Charge my credit card. Put me on that higher-tier plan immediately. Whatever it takes to permanently banish the exuberant, over-caffeinated AI teenager who has hijacked my serious plot thread.