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5.6 high is answering like "instant". It seems unable to actually perform tasks.

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I've been working on a project for a few days and now all of a sudden chagpt is unusable.. It will list the next steps of implementation but never actually start working on them. anyone else? UPDATE I have found this post which is related to the issue. It seems chatgpt silently switches to 5.5 mini…

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  1. 2026-08-22 12:24 · r/ChatGPT
    5.6 high is answering like "instant". It seems unable to actually perform tasks.

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