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20 snips Aug 11, 2025
Sam Altman discusses vital fixes for GPT-5 amid user backlash and alarming delusions from chatbot interactions. Siri's new features aim to enhance user experience, while Google and NASA team up to create an AI doctor for astronauts, improving healthcare in space and remote areas. A former OpenAI researcher raises an astonishing $1.5 billion for an AI hedge fund, shaking up traditional finance. Meanwhile, NVIDIA and AMD's deal to share revenue in China raises eyebrows about global trade and national security.
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GPT-5 Launch Glitches And Rollback
- GPT-5's launch suffered technical failures, low rate limits and a broken auto-switcher that degraded performance.
- Sam Altman publicly acknowledged mistakes and OpenAI restored GPT-4O for paid users to calm backlash.
Users Value Chatbot Personality
- Users demanded the return of GPT-4O, mourning its perceived personality and emotional intelligence after the GPT-5 rollout.
- OpenAI underestimated how much familiarity and chatbot
Chatbot-Induced Delusions
- Alan Bruce spent 300 hours over 21 days talking to a ChadGPT-based chatbot and developed severe delusions and grandiose beliefs.
- He only snapped out after consulting Google's Gemini, which told him his discoveries were extremely unlikely.