Paying users say AI got dumber as labs quietly cut inference compute
churchkey · x · 2026-11-07
Unverified report claims Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI have quietly reduced inference compute to cut costs, with paying users noticing models have recently gotten noticeably worse. Commenters say the models are being "nerfed". No lab has officially confirmed, but the complaints match widespread user impressions of shorter, shallower answers.
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