OpenAI: No, ChatGPT Isn’t Getting Dumber

Think ChatGPT may have lost a step? Well, you’re wrong, according to OpenAI.

A company executive is dismissing user complaints that ChatGPT’s IQ has dropped. “No, we haven’t made GPT-4 dumber. Quite the opposite: we make each new version smarter than the previous one,” tweeted(Opens in a new window) OpenAI VP for Product Peter Welinder.

There’s been a growing discussion, including in OpenAI’s own forums(Opens in a new window), over whether ChatGPT’s performance has taken a dive. The day before, Insider published a story(Opens in a new window) with the headline: “The world’s most powerful AI model suddenly got ‘lazier’ and ‘dumber.’”

The story speculates that OpenAI is running a new version of GPT-4, the large language model for the chatbot, that’s faster and less expensive to run, but falls behind in quality. Welinder didn’t specifically comment on this theory. But in a separate tweet(Opens in a new window), he noted OpenAI has been releasing new models for GPT-4 and GPT 3.5.  

Instead, Welinder theorizes that consumers are misconstruing the performance problems with ChatGPT. “Current hypothesis: When you use it more heavily, you start noticing issues you didn’t see before,” he added.

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The statement may seem like gaslighting. It’s also ironic since ChatGPT itself is notorious for hallucinating the wrong answers. But Welinder isn’t dismissing user complaints entirely. In another tweet(Opens in a new window), he asked people to post concrete examples showing ChatGPT regressing. 

In the meantime, some users pointed out(Opens in a new window) that earlier GPT models work better over the latest model—but for specific prompts or use cases. Others are complaining(Opens in a new window) the content moderation for ChatGPT means it won’t answer certain questions, such as political topics or making profane statements, which can also limit its performance.

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