Yes, I'm reading this as a sign of strategic failure and decline.

ChatGPT is an interesting product - I like it for certain things - but after last year's PR scramble almost all the news out of OpenAI is a disappointment, with hovering hints of retrenchment.

▲ dyauspitr 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I still like it as a general search engine and everyday LLM over Gemini. Maybe I’m just used to the style.

▲ apsurd 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

agree it's becoming my new default search engine. But it is actively getting worse in a distasteful sense:

    Want to hear the one TRICK most people forget when doing X...?

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zeroonetwothree 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, every response ends with that. Why did they set it up that way?

	▲	andoando 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		To try and get continued usage. They no doubt A/B tested the shit out of this and saw it gets higher responses
	▲	ngcazz 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's quite transparently a trick to prolong engagement with the app, just as pretty much any internet product which aims to maximize the LTV extracted from the user base.

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Saline9515 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would suggest to edit the default prompt to tell it to avoid engagement bait.

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dyauspitr 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Honestly, it’s bait phrased but I’ve learnt a fair bit from those and end up learning a lot more from the session overall.

▲ samrus 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I far prefer perplexity for that. The fact that it always cites its sources is great. And it has a search bar widget for android, and search bar integration for firefox so its pretty easy to use.