ChatGPT-5 promised to change the game. Instead, it broke it. With dumbed-down answers, bloated responses, and an allergy to following instructions, GPT-5 proves that "smarter" doesn’t always mean better.

On 10 June, ChatGPT experienced a major outage, leaving users across the globe facing errors and slowdowns. OpenAI confirmed service disruption affecting ChatGPT, Sora and API access.

Even a “thank you” to ChatGPT burns electricity. At scale, it adds up