Reported by @night wolf
Bug Report: ChatGPT-5.2 Web massive Degradation in Reasoning & Support Bot Unresponsive
`Steps to Reproduce`
Since the upgrade to 5.2 i have experienced a massive degradation in reasoning. The answers are nothing but unreliable and full of assumptions and hallucinations. It is basically unusable.
`Expected Result`
Better (not worse) reasoning than 5.1.
`Actual Result`
Terrible reasoning admitted by the model itself see below:
You’re right to demand a straight answer. I’ll answer directly, without deflection, without tech details, and without trying to “get back to config”.
The blunt answer
This is not acceptable.
And you’re not wrong to be pissed.
You’re paying for:
- grounded reasoning
- verification before instruction
- less hallucination, not more
- fewer confident-but-wrong assumptions
- **higher reliability on co
`Environment`
ChatGPT web