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ChatGPT exhibiting unusually high effort in responses

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Users are reporting that ChatGPT is exhibiting unusually high effort in its responses, employing complex internal processes. This behavior includes the frequent use of multiple tools and extended periods for refining and verifying answers, even for simple tasks. This level of effort is noted as being significantly more intensive than observed in previous versions of the model. AI

IMPACT This observation suggests potential changes in ChatGPT's operational efficiency or resource utilization, which could impact user experience and operational costs.

RANK_REASON User reports on observed behavior of an existing product, not a new release or significant event.

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ChatGPT exhibiting unusually high effort in responses

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/throwawaysusi ·

    ChatGPT chat seems to be significantly high effort right now, with complicated internal virtual machine uses

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Pro tier here with reasoning set to extra high. Even on seemingly daily minor tasks, it didn’t shy away from calling multiple tools and spent long time refining/verifying its own answers. </p> <p>I have never seen any previous chat model act this…

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