Reddit users annoyed as OpenAI models force disclaimers after every factual statement

jerryorbach · reddit · 2026-10-08

A Reddit user reports a new forced habit in OpenAI's latest models (Astra and Sol): every factual claim must be followed by a limitation disclaimer — e.g. "the average US man is 5'9\"" must be followed by "this is not a guarantee any individual is this height." The author suspects a system-prompt addition mandating caveats, and notes the irony that summarization and report writing — LLMs' supposed specialty — is now cluttered with redundant clarifications.

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