What Made ChatGPT 5 Become Awkward And Frustrating?

I don't know if it's just me, but it appears to me that ChatGPT 5 has taken a step backwards, or even a few steps backwards. Maybe there's something happening on the inside that I don't understand, but from a user's point of view, it seems to be getting continually worse.

Yesterday, I asked ChatGPT to do a task that it has carried out successfully many times, but it just would not do it. It tried all sorts of different ways, but on the eighth attempt, it finally managed to get the task right. The fact is that I have used ChatGPT for this particular task many times, but yesterday it really did fail miserably. AI is supposed to make life easier, but the works going at the moment, I'm seriously thinking about trying another AI model.

It wasn't just yesterday I noticed that ChatGPT was making things difficult, it appears to have been this way since version 5 came out. I know that Microsoft has put a lot of money into ChatGPT, which may explain why it's a bit up and down, basing it on some of their operating systems, over the years!

The reason I use ChatGPT is that I pay a monthly subscription, so I thought I may as well stick with it, but I am now beginning to think I need to try a different AI platform.

I just wondered what your experience has been with ChatGPT 5, is it causing frustrations, is it better than version 4? I know I can revert back to version 4, I'm wondering if this may be a better option, but will it still give up-to-date information?

It would be interesting to hear what other members thoughts are on ChatGPT 5.

Thank you for reading.

Roy