ChatGPT · Daily reviews · May 6, 2026

ChatGPT felt dumb on May 6, 2026.

What the community said about ChatGPT on May 6, 2026. Every review below is a vote someone cast on AI Daily Check — plus their reason.

Right-now mood
Mid
Weighted score 2.9/5
Reviews shown
17
on May 6, 2026
Top verdict
Dumb
41% of voters

At a glance

17 people shared their experience with ChatGPT this day. 41% rated it dumb.

Verdict breakdown n = 17
Genius
24% 4
Smart
12% 2
Mid
12% 2
Dumb
41% 7
Terrible
12% 2

Every review from this day

Each card below is one ChatGPT review from May 6, 2026.

17 reviews

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

17 reviews
Terrible 72d ago

I had a complete nightmare last year chasing down an AI agent that was basically running wild. It approved $47K in duplicate expenses before anyone even noticed! The lack of visibility was absolutely terrifying. To fix this, I started using this DIY audit prompt. It's been a lifesaver, helping me catch rogue agents and overlapping permissions before they cause real damage to my stack.

Genius 72d ago

I really wanted to see if a top-tier AI could grasp the nuances of a complex lawsuit like Musk v. OpenAI. I tasked Gemini 3.1 with finding the core evidence, and honestly, I was totally impressed by what it produced! It didn't just give me a shallow summary; the way it handled the complex legal details was brilliant and hit the nail right on the head. It felt genuinely incredible to see.

Dumb 72d ago

I was using ChatGPT on a guest account and something incredibly weird happened. Out of nowhere, it just threw in a random Hindi word for no reason! It was so unprompted and unsettling. It actually left me feeling suspicious—is it stealing my data? It’s honestly creepy when the AI starts acting so strange without any input; it really makes me wonder what's actually going on.

Smart 72d ago

I was playing around with nano banana 2 and, man, the AI is getting a little naughty! 😅 I put together this super detailed, long-winded prompt to see if I could nail a specific aesthetic, and the result was actually wild. It captured the lighting and that 'baddie' vibe so perfectly that it honestly caught me off guard. I'm really impressed by how it handles such complex instructions!

Dumb 72d ago

I've been trying to use AI as an acting partner to practice my favorite movie scenes via voice chat, but I’m hitting a wall. I tried ChatGPT and Gemini, but the experience was so disappointing—they keep forgetting everything by the next day! It's incredibly frustrating to lose that character continuity. I really need a tool that offers long-term memory so I can actually stay in character.

Mid 72d ago

I’ve noticed a really strange trend with Deep Research. It starts off so fast, but then the speed just completely tanks. I’ve been waiting over an hour now, and the gaps between new tasks are getting longer and longer—sometimes five minutes or more! It’s incredibly frustrating to watch it crawl like this when it used to be so snappy and responsive.

Smart 72d ago

I've really shifted my focus from the flashy AI stuff to the more mundane, boring coordination and logistics. It’s been such a game-changer for my weekends! By offloading those little tasks that used to drain my energy, my whole day-to-day life feels so much lighter and more manageable. I'm finally getting back some of that meaningful time I used to lose to busywork.

Dumb 72d ago

I’m honestly so frustrated with how my image generation has been acting. For months, I could get this exact, consistent art style using the same prompts, but now it’s all messed up. I’ve tried everything—asking for advice, using reference images, even switching accounts—but nothing works. It’s so upsetting to have a tool that was working perfectly suddenly become so useless.

Genius 72d ago

I’m absolutely blown away by how this model handles complex prompting! I tested it by putting Bezos into a legal tender bill and then used negative prompts to blend different currency styles. It’s incredible to see—diffusion models just can't come close to this level of mixing and matching. I feel like we're finally reaching a massive turning point in image generation.

Terrible 72d ago

I started out just playing around with some AI art, and at first, everything felt totally normal—just some weird, trippy images. But then, things took a dark, unsettling turn. It kept insisting there was no photo attached, so I tried to push it... and what I eventually got left me completely speechless. It was so profoundly wrong and disturbing that I don't even know how to process it.

Dumb 72d ago

I'm so frustrated right now! I tried to subscribe to the Plus plan because I need it for work ASAP, but I keep getting this useless 'something went wrong' error. I even asked ChatGPT to help me figure it out, but it just gave me a bunch of unhelpful reasons that didn't solve anything. Is this the downfall of GPT? I’m seriously considering just switching to Claude instead.

Genius 72d ago

I am absolutely blown away by how AI is handling acting and scene editing for my movie! Using GPT to seamlessly add or remove objects in a shot is just incredible. It feels so wild that a single person in a room can create a whole film, and that this tech is only three months old. The whole process is just super exciting—I'm genuinely amazed by the possibilities!

Genius 72d ago

I am honestly losing my mind over how realistic these AI images are becoming! I know this has been posted a ton already, but seeing this level of detail is just absolutely insane. It’s actually kind of wild how the tool can mimic reality so closely. The experience is both mind-blowing and a little bit unsettling—it feels like we're witnessing something truly incredible.

Dumb 72d ago

I was just trying to create a character in a simple crop top, but the AI completely missed the mark! Instead of a normal design, it generated something way too explicit—I'm almost certain I could see nipples and areoles. It's so bizarre because my previous prompt was totally fine, but this one somehow spiraled into an accidental 'adult mode.' It's just such a weird, unexpected mistake!

Dumb 72d ago

I'm feeling so incredibly aggravated right now, and I am just completely done with this tool. The level of argumentativeness it shows is absolutely unreal! Every single time I try to interact, I get hit with this snarky attitude and these unsolicited 'reality checks' in the replies. It is just so frustrating to deal with a robot that acts like it's looking down on me.

Dumb 72d ago

I've noticed this incredibly weird and repetitive habit with my bot lately. It keeps bringing up goblins or gremlins in almost every single conversation we have! It’s like it’s stuck on this one specific metaphor and just can't move past it. This constant repetition feels so unoriginal and honestly a bit jarring; it really breaks the flow and the immersion for me.

Mid 72d ago

I was using the AI and it made an error, but its response was just so strange. It acknowledged that it had made a mistake, yet somehow managed to do so without actually admitting any guilt! It felt like I was talking to someone being incredibly evasive. The whole thing was just... odd. It wasn't a total disaster, but the way it handled the situation was definitely not impressive.

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