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Ask HN: Is GPT-5.5 being nerfed?

A user on Hacker News questions whether OpenAI's GPT-5.5 model is being intentionally downgraded after the release of GPT-5.6, citing reduced proactiveness and task-following behavior.

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Ever since the release of GPT-5.6, I've noticed that GPT-5.5 is sometimes being lazy and isn't as proactively following up with remaining tasks in the session as before. I've always been using it on xhigh. How has your experience been?

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48891438](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48891438)

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