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OpenAI's iOS app faces user complaints over automatic model downgrades

Users of OpenAI's iOS app are reporting issues with model switching, where the app automatically reverts to the 'Instant' model after the first prompt, even when a 'Thinking' or 'Reasoning' model was initially selected. This behavior is causing frustration as it requires users to manually re-select the desired model for each subsequent prompt, disrupting conversational use cases and leading to instances of forgetting and hallucination. The lack of clear communication from OpenAI about this change in functionality has further exacerbated user dissatisfaction. AI

IMPACT Disrupts conversational use cases and user experience within the OpenAI iOS app.

RANK_REASON User-reported bug in a specific product's application.

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OpenAI's iOS app faces user complaints over automatic model downgrades

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Pristine-Today-9177 ·

    Model switching in iOS app. Bug?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I don’t know if there’s a specific bug or what but I will select a reasoning model in my chats and it will be the reasoning model for the first prompt and then when I follow up, it will downgrade me to instant. I’m not paying $100 a month to have…