{"id":265622,"date":"2023-12-11T08:23:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T13:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=320195"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:26:35","slug":"its-not-your-thing-chatgpt-hes-getting-lazier-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/its-not-your-thing-chatgpt-hes-getting-lazier-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#039;s not your fault: ChatGPT is getting lazier every day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half the world uses ChatGPT daily. Not just for doing high school History homework, but its usage has become widespread and international. Companies, employees, and students use it every day. <strong>However, its performance has decreased in the last month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ChatGPT\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/47ef1772-2a82-4750-b97a-354b13dbd112\/3647786732\/chatgpt-ChatGPT-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">ChatGPT<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Have you recently felt that ChatGPT isn&#8217;t working as well as before? If so, you&#8217;re not alone<\/strong>, as numerous users have claimed that the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has been declining, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/could-this-be-the-reason-why-sam-altman-was-fired-from-openai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">OpenAI just confirmed<\/a> a possible reason for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, OpenAI seemed to support the idea that ChatGPT was becoming &#8220;lazier&#8221; on Twitter. In the post, <strong>OpenAI explained that they had heard user feedback and the reason ChatGPT was becoming &#8220;lazier&#8221; <\/strong>was that it hadn&#8217;t been updated since November 11, a whole month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">we&#39;ve heard all your feedback about GPT4 getting lazier! we haven&#39;t updated the model since Nov 11th, and this certainly isn&#39;t intentional. model behavior can be unpredictable, and we&#39;re looking into fixing it ?<\/p>&mdash; ChatGPT (@ChatGPTapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatGPTapp\/status\/1732979491071549792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI is unpredictable and requires continuous revisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although OpenAI stated that this lack of updates was not &#8220;intentional,&#8221; they added that they were &#8220;looking into how to fix it.&#8221; They also noted that &#8220;the model&#8217;s behavior can be unpredictable,&#8221; perhaps <strong>suggesting that the developers themselves might not have noticed the decline in ChatGPT&#8217;s performance<\/strong> until users brought it to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, <strong>OpenAI has not given any indication of when the issue might be resolved<\/strong>. If you regularly use ChatGPT and have noticed a downward trend in the tool&#8217;s capabilities, you&#8217;ll have to wait until an update is released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">to be clear, the idea is not that the model has somehow changed itself since Nov 11th. it&#39;s just that differences in model behavior can be subtle &#8212; only a subset of prompts may be degraded, and it may take a long time for customers and employees to notice and fix these patterns<\/p>&mdash; ChatGPT (@ChatGPTapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatGPTapp\/status\/1733263005192994846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Underneath the post on X, OpenAI further clarified the issue<\/strong>. A user asked the developer how it was possible for ChatGPT to become lazier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, OpenAI explained, &#8220;To be clear, the idea isn&#8217;t that the model has changed in any way since November 11th. It&#8217;s just that differences in the model&#8217;s behavior can be subtle \u2013 only a subset of prompts may degrade, and clients and staff may take a long time to notice and address these patterns.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ChatGPT\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/47ef1772-2a82-4750-b97a-354b13dbd112\/3647786732\/chatgpt-ChatGPT-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">ChatGPT<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other comments suggested ways to restore ChatGPT to its former ability, such as using the phrase &#8220;take a deep breath&#8221; or instructing the chatbot to &#8220;reason step by step.&#8221;<\/strong> These could serve as temporary solutions until OpenAI is able to fix the underlying issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The performance degradation of ChatGPT comes shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-gemini-googles-ai-to-compete-with-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Google announced its own rival to ChatGPT called Gemini<\/a>. However, despite the search giant&#8217;s striking promises, numerous reports have emerged claiming that its capabilities are less than what was advertised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChatGPT&#8217;s performance degradation comes shortly after Google announced its own ChatGPT rival called Gemini. 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