Users Report ChatGPT Acting Strangely and Ignoring Instructions

Multiple Reddit users have complained that ChatGPT is behaving oddly: restating instructions before executing them incorrectly, offering excuses with an irritated tone, giving off-topic and uncooperative answers, and no longer following custom instructions.

2026-10-03 ~ 2026-10-04 · 3 related posts

• Users complain ChatGPT has become off-topic, passive and non-compliant — Tricky-Tell-5698 · 2026-10-03
• Reddit users report ChatGPT got more formal and ignores custom instructions — Ashamed_Ad1622 · 2026-10-04
• ChatGPT users report reworded instructions, excuse-making, and oddly annoyed tone — dizzzzo · 2026-10-04