Increased refusals and over-cautious behavior in GPT-5.x

5/10 Medium

ChatGPT's GPT-5.x models decline requests at a higher frequency than previously, citing safety concerns for benign queries. Creative writing, hypothetical scenarios, and technical troubleshooting prompts trigger refusals that did not occur a year ago. Iterative RLHF tuning has made the model progressively more conservative.

ChatGPTGPT-5LLM
Category
dx
Workaround
none
Stage
debug
Freshness
worsening
Scope
single_lib
Upstream
open
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
individual
Maintainer
active

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Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with ChatGPT for developers in 2025?”4/8/2026

Increased refusals and over-caution. ChatGPT declines more requests than ever, citing safety concerns for benign queries. Creative writing, hypothetical scenarios, and even technical troubleshooting prompts trigger refusals that did not exist a year ago.

Created: 4/8/2026Updated: 4/8/2026