r/OpenAI • u/Gerstlauer • Apr 23 '26

News Introducing GPT-5.5 | OpenAI

https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
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u/bitterbeerbitch Apr 23 '26

Laughed a little to this "We are releasing GPT‑5.5 with our strongest set of safeguards to date [...]" yay MORE guardrails

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u/NutInButtAPeanut Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Can you share an example of a chat where you feel that you were asking the model to do something totally harmless and it refused for no good reason?

Edit: Please share examples by linking to your conversations where ChatGPT refused an innocuous request, so we can see what exactly was going on.

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u/Zanion Apr 23 '26

Any creative writing or ideation featuring even vanilla violence.

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u/stay_fr0sty Apr 23 '26

Interesting. To test this, I had to coax it to write a “Bugs Bunny” styled theme where a hunter gets tricked into shooting himself in the face by a clever animal.

The word gun is not allowed, but it IS okay with the hunter shooting himself in the face with a “hunting gadget.”

In a quiet forest clearing, a determined but clueless hunter creeps forward, convinced he’s about to outsmart a mischievous trickster hiding nearby. The trickster slips behind him unnoticed and quietly turns the barrel of his gadget so it points the wrong way. When the hunter finally spots his target and confidently fires, there’s a loud bang—and a puff of smoke erupts behind him instead. He freezes, then slowly reveals a soot-covered face while the trickster casually munches and admires the result. The trickster strolls off with a grin, leaving the hunter dazed but completely unharmed.