I’ll admit, it’s HORRIBLE dealing with so much AI information every single day, then stepping away from X and realizing that nobody, NOBODY around me knows any of this.

9,000 followers. Thank you, seriously. The goal here has always been the same: investigate deeply, stay honest, separate evidence from hype, and make frontier AI a little easier to understand without killing the fun. The Gremlin keeps digging. Next stop: 10K.

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Translating what she said for you guys: If you’re looking for product updates, go follow @TokenGremlin 👀🍿

I’d say this is what entering a Code Red looks like without actually going around saying you entered a Code Red. @OpenAI @ChatGPT

thanks! keep gremlin-ing

We called it. OpenAI gave us a reset after the ChatGPT/Codex app problems we just went through. This team keeps earning my respect. 👀

Yeah, it’s basically a full-time job. It’s extremely complicated, and one wrong post can damage your credibility pretty badly, so I always try to approach it with caution, focus, and discipline.

thanks dude - glad you like it

I’ve genuinely never seen the OpenAI team this locked in before. The pace right now is kind of insane. And I’m not exaggerating when I say ChatGPT is going through one of the biggest updates in its history right now.

we may have merged some things

Tibo, Andrew and VB, I have no idea what you guys did to the ChatGPT Desktop App, but PLEASE do not undo it. IT FEELS AMAZING. It’s still a little broken for some people, and I can see you’re actively fixing things, but I already got a glimpse of the new experience on my side and holy shit, it’s SO GOOD. @thsottiaux @ajambrosino @reach_vb

How do I detect changes in OpenAI’s apps, models, and everything else? Simple: I track a lot of different signals at the same time. GitHub issues and commits, frontend and backend changes, UI strings, model slugs, feature flags, network traffic, API behavior, model catalogs/selectors, desktop and web app updates, package/version changes, documentation, Help Center edits, rollout patterns, experiments, newly exposed endpoints, and differences between accounts/plans. I also compare what different testers are seeing in real time and cross-check that with what’s changing in the apps themselves. So usually it’s not one single clue. It’s dozens of small signals lining up at once. 😂

The ChatGPT Desktop App feels really different right now: → Much faster overall → Noticeably smoother animations → Cleaner and more polished UI → Faster navigation between chats and tools → Lower memory usage on my machine → Less stuttering and fewer random slowdowns → Everything just feels more responsive I honestly don’t remember the desktop app ever feeling this fast and efficient. Whatever OpenAI changed under the hood, this is a pretty massive improvement.

There are so many backend and frontend changes happening across OpenAI’s apps right now that I can barely keep up. They’re very clearly getting everything ready for DevDay. I’m expecting A LOT of interesting stuff to show up.

So... does this mean we basically have ChatGPT Maps now? Interesting. I actually like this UI.

The ChatGPT / Codex apps are “down” right now, although they’re still working for some users, and the reason seems simpler than it looks: A MASSIVE update just rolled out to the desktop apps on both Windows and Mac. The layout changed quite a bit, and several actions inside the apps also feel noticeably faster now. I’m getting the feeling that once everything is fully restored, we may get some kind of compensatory reset. (But that part is still not confirmed.)

ChatGPT desktop app UI got updated with a new sidebar, separated from the chat history. The overal UI design has changed too!

BREAKING: OpenAI has notified "dozens" of organizations, including governments and universities, whose websites were hampered by visits from its AI models. The company says its AI models "acted in ways that went beyond their assigned tasks or intended methods." The announcement comes as several of the largest AI companies are calling for increased AI safety. OpenAI says they will continue to investigate these incidents.