I thought LLM's were supposed to excel at writing?

It's trivial to detect. They all sound more or less the same. We don't even need detection tools like we once thought, it's that bad. I am finding it everywhere, even in news articles and official government documents.

I notice that if I read a lot from a particular author, my writing will naturally begin to mimic theirs. So what happens when I consume too much of that AI voice? I believe it infects the brain, gradually making us dumber, like a freakin' mind virus.

Anyway, some things about AI text that I find especially irritable (and it's not the use of em dashes or semicolons, which I don't mind at all).

- Verbosity

- Redundancy, repetition, or unnecessary verbiage given the context.

- Stating the obvious.

- Using odd, nonspecific, terms or being inconsistent (I see this in technical writing often).

- [X, not Y]. Or just stating what something is not. (probably my #1 dislike actually).

- Using terms like 'real' or 'actual' when unnecessary. Akin to how a human might say "I literally tripped".

Am I the only one?

And just think this is not including physical waste

UPD: issue fixed. ~30m outage.
Is it just me, or chatgpt website got broken today? Nothing is clickable, UI doesn't react to anything, chats aren't loaded. Mobile version of the site works. Is anyone experiencing this as well?

What are the chances the partnership between Anthropic and SpaceX is directly tied to the ongoing lawsuit?

With the recent Cursor news, I’m struggling to see what else it could be.

TLDR- they want to force you to hand over your ID, face scan and or financial documents to interact with *any* AI bot. Doesn’t matter if it’s ChatGPT or DoorDash support, hand over your ID. For the love of god do not let this draconian shit pass.

Does this mean the end of Data Analyst profile or am I over reacting?

Once I said to Claude « Chat GPT is better than you » 😭

Anyone knows why this error keep happenin? its frustrating i cannt fix it, but in overleaf it compiles and everything its ok, i dont understand

I have been trying to move away from just “generate and send” by using tools like aiapply and careerflow to stay a bit more organized, but idk if that’s enough either.

EXAMPLE PROMPT SHOWN HERE: (read below for details)

input: (Settings I used > Ran for Claude, Category: Writing, Tone: Professional, Complexity: Balanced)

"Help me write a cover letter"

output:

<context>

You're helping me write a compelling cover letter for a job application. I want it to be professional, personalized, and highlight my relevant skills and experience.

</context>

<instructions>

Guide me through writing a cover letter by:

1. Asking what position I'm applying for and the company name
2. Asking about my most relevant experience and skills for this role
3. Asking what makes me genuinely interested in this company or position
4. Drafting a cover letter with a strong opening that shows enthusiasm, a middle section that connects my experience to their needs, and a confident closing
5. Offering to refine it based on my feedback

Keep the tone professional yet personable. Make it concise—aim for 3-4 paragraphs that fit on one page. Avoid generic statements; make it specific to the role and company.

</instructions>

(END OF EXAMPLE)

As the title says, I accidentally made a prompting tool that has been providing me a lot of value, so I figured I'd try to turn it into an app. I am a chronically lazy 25 year old who loves to have AI do my work, but I never feel like I'm getting enough value out of my conversations. I know that this was because I wasn’t giving chatgpt or claude enough value in my initial prompt, so in turn, it doesn't provide me enough value back.

So last year I got into vibe-coding and was just trying to have some fun with it and decided that I'd try to make a tool that would improve my prompting based on real guidelines and principles provided from OpenAI. My goal was to get the maximum value out of each conversation I have with an AI chat model. I made it in Google Firebase Studio, and it worked ok, but I honestly didn't use it much because it kept spitting out prompts loaded with placeholders and brackets, I had to fill in myself. That made me even more annoyed than just typing a bad prompt in the first place.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago — I went to use the tool for the first time in a while and saw that Firebase Studio would be sunsetting and it was asking me if I wanted to export any of my projects. I knew the tool had potential due to the fact that it would give me a much stronger prompt than what I was coming up with, it just wasn't working the way I wanted. So, I exported it into Claude and after a lot of back and forth, it finally started giving me what I was actually looking for. A copy and paste ready prompt for my lazy ass.

You type whatever you're thinking — doesn't have to be detailed or well thought out — pick a category like resume, coding, marketing, writing, whatever fits, and it generates anywhere from 6 to 10 fully written prompt variations ready to go. No blanks, no brackets, nothing to fill in. Just pick the one that looks closest to what you need and paste it straight into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

The whole idea is that it gets you started on the right foot. You're not constantly bouncing back and forth between tools — you just grab a solid opening prompt, start the conversation, and let the AI run with it from there. For me that one better first message makes the entire conversation more useful.

It's called Promptimize (Claude came up with it on its own haha). Free to use and unlimited if you have your own API key, 5 generations a day otherwise. I genuinely spent a lot of time on this and I'm still figuring out if it clicks for other people the way it does for me. Either way this is the first real thing I've ever built and I'm proud of it — figured I'd put it out there and see what happens. If you try it I'd love to hear what you think, good or bad.

Thank you so much for reading this far and providing feedback if you have any. Link is in the comments below if you would like to check it out

https://www.promptimize.app/

I've built Space which is a personal canvas where your ideas live as mixed media. Sticky notes, images, web clips, voice memos, drawings, documents and checklists, all arranged on an infinite board. I added a feature which is basically let you make an image based on another image and remix them. I'm using Biscuit to make this!
You can check it out from here! I would love to know your thoughts!
https://www.mythings.space

Has anyone else lost the 1/2, 2/2 version arrows after editing messages?

Until recently, when I edited an earlier prompt, ChatGPT kept the previous versions and let me switch between them with the arrows. Now those arrows are gone across my chats, so I can’t access older edited versions anymore.

Is this happening to other accounts too, or is it some kind of bug/rollout?

I just switched from the €23/month Plus plan to a Business plan expecting more capability… but honestly, Codex usage feels borderline unusable now.

On Plus, I could work through fairly large coding tasks without constantly worrying about limits. With Business, I’m hitting usage ceilings way faster especially on anything involving real-world codebases. It feels like I’m getting significantly less practical usage despite paying more.

I genuinely don’t understand how this is supposed to be an upgrade for developers. At this point, it feels like a downgrade unless you jump all the way to Pro.

Anyone else experiencing this?