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ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Co.

AI Assistants Compared 2026

04. May, 2026 - 12:00

Not long ago, the answer to the question of the best AI assistant was simple: ChatGPT. Today the landscape of AI assistants has changed dramatically. Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Mistral, DeepSeek, Grok, and Perplexity all represent serious alternatives, each with a distinct profile, individual strengths, and its own data-privacy implications.

Disruption

ChatGPT down: Thousands of outage reports filed world wide

20. April, 2026 - 17:42

Users across the world are reporting widespread issues with ChatGPT. Visiting chatgpt.com currently returns nothing but an error page.

Vulnerability

ChatGPT sandbox bypassed via DNS tunneling

31. March, 2026 - 12:52

Security researchers at Check Point Research discovered a vulnerability in ChatGPT’s analysis environment. Data exfiltration was possible through a channel that OpenAI apparently overlooked.

"Too many concurrent requests"

ChatGPT down: Users report widespread outages

23. October, 2025 - 15:25

The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT is experiencing significant technical problems again today, Thursday. Numerous users have reported disruptions on outage tracking platforms, with Downdetector recording over thousands of reports across different countries.

Hallucinations and paranoia

ChatGPT advice leads to poisoning from the 19th century

12. August, 2025 - 09:12

A 60-year-old man developed bromine poisoning three months after blindly following the AI’s dietary recommendations.

User request

OpenAI: GPT-4o returns after shaky GPT-5 start

09. August, 2025 - 13:00

After just one day, OpenAI is bringing its popular predecessor GPT-4o back to ChatGPT. Users criticize GPT-5 as soulless and impersonal.

What you need to know

OpenAI launches GPT-5: What the new version can do

07. August, 2025 - 17:33

OpenAI has announced GPT-5, the latest generation of its large language models. The system promises significantly improved reliability and will be available to free users for the first time – albeit with usage limitations.

GPT-oss-120b and GPT-oss-20b

OpenAI publishes first open-weight AI models

05. August, 2025 - 19:02

ChatGPT inventor OpenAI has released a new AI model that can be customized by other developers and also runs locally on a notebook.

Interactive learning with AI

ChatGPT launches Study Mode

29. July, 2025 - 18:10

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT with a new function for learners. The so-called Study Mode is designed not only to provide answers, but also to promote understanding – with targeted guidance and interactive questions.

Launch soon

ChatGPT 5 to be released in August

28. July, 2025 - 07:11

OpenAI is about to release its latest language model GPT-5, which is expected to come onto the market in August. This was reported by The Verge, citing informed sources from the company.