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ChatGPT Doesn't Think You're God Anymore, and That's Good

ChatGPT Doesn't Think You're God Anymore, and That's Good

The model caught fire and sank last week—this is the real story of why ChatGPT cratered for 200M daily ChatGPT users on the 25th of April, what happened next, and what we can learn from it

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May 05, 2025
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So OpenAI really screwed up last week, and I want to write about it. First, because I think it’s a widespread enough model people should know a bit about what happens when these models go wrong.

And second, because I think there’s some lessons learned in the aftermath here for all product builders. In this case, OpenAI had four days of absolutely wither…

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