OpenAI's Astra frustrates Pro users: weak instruction following for writing work
Different-Mess4248 · reddit · 2026-09-08
A ChatGPT Pro user reports Astra is a clear downgrade for writing, editing, and documentation: it ignores explicit DO NOT instructions, rewrites sentences when asked to change single words, and overrides custom/project instructions and memory. The author argues OpenAI over-optimizes for coding and benchmark performance while neglecting writers, editors, and documentation professionals.
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