Users Report Astra Got Noticeably Dumber, Suspect Quiet Changes Ahead of DevDay
Realistic_Stomach848 · reddit · 2026-09-20
Redditors report that ChatGPT's Astra voice mode has become noticeably worse — "as dumb as GPT-4" — and speculate OpenAI is quietly degrading the live model ahead of DevDay, a pattern they say precedes past releases. Unofficial community observation, not confirmed.
More from Models
- Open-source model exec calls 'open-source overtaking frontier' traffic data nonsense — zephyr_z9 · 2026-09-20
- Founder: Fable 5.1 and Astra both misread data today — AI is nowhere near 'superior intelligence' — bindureddy · 2026-09-20
- Suspected Gemini 4 Pro on LMArena spends 20 minutes crafting stunning Xbox controller SVG — JasonBotterill · 2026-09-20
- Bilibili launches AI Arena: creators' homemade tests crown GPT-6 in legacy-code debugging — lxfater · 2026-09-20
- Passing one character at a time: a brute-force trick to make a refusing model talk — realsohamparekh · 2026-09-20
- AI community debates which topics are 'costly' for Opus 4 after behavior shift — repligate · 2026-09-20