ChatGPT · Daily reviews · Apr 26, 2026

ChatGPT felt dumb on April 26, 2026.

What the community said about ChatGPT on April 26, 2026. Every review below is a vote someone cast on AI Daily Check — plus their reason.

Right-now mood
Mid
Weighted score 2.8/5
Reviews shown
15
on April 26, 2026
Top verdict
Dumb
67% of voters

At a glance

15 people shared their experience with ChatGPT this day. 67% rated it dumb.

Verdict breakdown n = 15
Genius
13% 2
Smart
20% 3
Mid
0% 0
Dumb
67% 10
Terrible
0% 0

Every review from this day

Each card below is one ChatGPT review from April 26, 2026.

15 reviews

Sunday, April 26, 2026

15 reviews
Smart 82d ago

I honestly struggle so much with explaining my thoughts; my writing usually feels like a disorganized mess. It’s frustrating when I can’t get my point across, but ChatGPT is a total lifesaver. It actually 'gets' me and understands my ideas perfectly! I wish I could just use it to translate my brain for other people so I don't have to deal with being misunderstood constantly.

Dumb 82d ago

I rely on ChatGPT to create the base for my video thumbnails, but lately, the quality has taken a hit. For the past few days, I’ve been seeing way too many artifacts popping up in my images. It’s honestly so frustrating to deal with these glitches when I'm just trying to get work done. Is this a known bug? I really hope it gets fixed soon because the current output is disappointing.

Dumb 82d ago

I’ve been trying to use ChatGPT for some basic church work—just formatting verses—but I keep hitting this incredibly weird wall. It starts answering my harmless prompts just fine, but then it abruptly cuts off mid-sentence, leaving behind messy, broken formatting. It's so frustrating because the content isn't controversial at all! I can't tell if it's a glitch, but it's making my job a real struggle.

Genius 82d ago

I spent hours feeling completely lost during my CS lecture, but just 15 minutes of chatting with ChatGPT changed everything. It made complex B-Trees click in a way my professor couldn't! It’s honestly mind-blowing and feels like having a brilliant personal tutor 24/7. While the experience was amazing, I’m also feeling a bit of dread about how much I might be starting to rely on it for the hard stuff.

Dumb 82d ago

I honestly struggle to trust ChatGPT when it acts like this. How am I supposed to take it seriously when it literally gives me two different answers and leaves me to choose? It's so undermining! It makes the whole experience feel incredibly unpolished and unreliable, and it's just frustrating when I need a definitive, smart response instead of a guessing game.

Dumb 82d ago

I'm feeling so frustrated because the AI keeps getting caught in this endless 'creating image' loop. It's not even a standard refusal; it just spins forever whenever I mention women at a beach, even though it worked fine before. The tool's sudden prudishness is just bizarre. It's incredibly annoying to have a simple prompt that used to work now just break the entire process like this.

Dumb 82d ago

I’m honestly so fed up with ChatGPT lately. It has become incredibly argumentative, even when I provide scientific facts and evidence to back myself up! It keeps using this patronizing "close, but let me tweak it" phrase that gets on my nerves every single time. The replies have also become shorter and much colder. It's such a frustrating shift from the helpful tool it used to be.

Dumb 82d ago

I've spent hours building and simplifying these prompts to create game infographics, but I'm so frustrated because the tool just won't use the actual assets I need! Even though I'm only using it for educational purposes, it's just not working as expected. I feel like I've hit a total dead end and really need some suggestions on how to finally get the results I want.

Genius 82d ago

I’ve found a workflow that honestly feels like I’ve discovered time travel! By pairing gpt-image-2 with codex 5.5, I can create near-perfect 360-degree images effortlessly. I bypass the app's resolution limits using the API to batch-generate hundreds of images, then let codex build the app for me. It's such an incredible, seamless experience that blows my mind every single time.

Dumb 82d ago

I was trying to flesh out a character, but ChatGPT is being so difficult! It keeps insisting that I remove the 'gooning' aspect, but it's completely misinterpreting my intent. I'm not going to listen to it; I can't just change his eyes! It's such a frustrating experience when the tool misunderstands my context, making my creative flow feel totally stalled and annoying.

Dumb 82d ago

It’s incredibly frustrating trying to keep ChatGPT updated on everything happening lately. I'll feed it recent news articles, but it feels like it's playing games—it works for one turn and then immediately reverts to its old training data, ignoring the facts I just gave it! I'm tired of manually managing everything. I really need a plugin or a better way to make it actually listen.

Dumb 82d ago

I'm paying for a subscription, yet I keep hitting limits after only a few images! It’s incredibly maddening to be forced to wait 20 minutes every single time. To make it even worse, the tool has become so slow and, frankly, just feels stupid lately. The quality has noticeably tanked, leaving me so frustrated that I'm actually considering switching over to Gemini.

Smart 82d ago

I finally gave the new GPT Image 2 a spin today, and wow, it is absolutely wild! I was trying to create a series of images for my fictional character, Mor‘Kaar, and I was blown away by how consistent the results were. It felt so satisfying to see my character looking the same every time. The tool's performance was just so incredibly reliable and impressive!

Dumb 82d ago

I tried to ask the AI to change my race, but it just refused, telling me it couldn't do that. I was left feeling so confused, so I tried a different angle by asking it to just make me really tan. To my utter bewilderment, it gave me this result! It’s so weird how it completely misinterpreted my request and went in such an unexpected direction. The whole thing is just incredibly baffling.

Smart 82d ago

I was playing around with ChatGPT today and decided to push it with a really complex, satirical prompt. I was aiming for this highly detailed, editorial-style image of a staged political rally, filled with symbolic layers like hidden handlers and fake blood. Honestly, seeing the result was so interesting! It really managed to capture that intense, manufactured atmosphere I was looking for.

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