The AI Podcast OpenAI Releases ChatGPT 5.1 With Collective Task Mapping
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Nov 15, 2025 The latest update introduces a task-mapping tool designed to simplify complex project planning for groups, enhancing clarity. Group chat features are tested in countries like Japan and South Korea, sparking curiosity about their applications. There's an amusing examination of user reactions to minor updates, including a fix for the overuse of em dashes. The podcast also dives into the new model naming conventions and discusses how group chats can facilitate collaborative editing and role assignments, while ensuring safety with content filtering.
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Small UX Fixes Change Perception
- GPT-5.1 fixes small but visible stylistic issues like em-dash overuse that reveal AI-written text.
- Small UX wins matter to perception even if they seem trivial compared to AGI progress.
Six-Word Glitch Carried Across Chats
- Jaeden describes testing GPT-5.1 and finding quirks: it initially obeyed a six-word limit then remembered it across new chats.
- He had to explicitly remove the six-word memory to restore normal responses.
Sane Model Naming Improves Usability
- OpenAI simplified model naming to GPT-5 with incremental decimals, reducing confusion from previous variant names.
- Clearer naming helps users choose models without deciphering opaque labels.