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Dave LeClair

Nearly 5,000 GPT-5 users flock to Reddit in backlash — it 'feels like a downgrade' and 'I feel like I'm taking crazy pills'

Chatgpt logo on phone and blurred image of Sam Altman.

OpenAI had the internet's attention when it announced GPT-5. Some users have taken to social platforms like Reddit to complain that the new model isn't where it should be — and you can't even go back to the old ones if you don't like the latest release.

When you go to ChatGPT as a Plus user, you'll see a message that says, "ChatGPT now has our smartest, fastest, most useful model yet, with thinking built in — so you get the best answer, every time." Is that really the case? If the internet is to be believed, maybe not so much.

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