If you want to make sure that ChatGPT 5 can generate Microsoft Word (and other file)s in a chat, you can do so by creating a custom GPT. The older versions of ChatGPT could grant the tools for new chats to do this more intelligently, but the current version is random as to whether it will be able to provide actual files for download or not. The big problem is that even if it can’t provide files for you, it will bullshit you and say it can until it’s forced to provide one (even going so far as to provide links for you to click on, that mysteriously time out).…

Asking ChatGPT to generate line drawings for my textbook resulted in the curious and repeated misspelling of the word “performed” (never mind the “s” missing from “actions”). At first it left out the “f,” and then the “r.” Asking it to correct the mistake caused it to regenerate the exact same graphic several times. When asked why this was happening, Chat GPT responded with: The image model isn’t a true spelling checker. It “draws” letters based on patterns it’s seen, and sometimes misrenders them, especially in words that aren’t visually distinct or are less frequent in visual training datasets. I said just get it done, man. So ChatGPT got clever…

“Based on the response you shared from ChatGPT, it does seem that ChatGPT currently has more capability than me when it comes to directly processing information in Thai and Japanese languages. My abilities are limited to working with English text, while ChatGPT claims it can understand and generate text in Thai and Japanese to some degree. This would potentially give ChatGPT an advantage in being able to directly analyze primary sources or data in those languages. However, it’s difficult for me to definitively say whether ChatGPT is “better suited” overall, as there may be other factors at play: ChatGPT’s proficiency in Thai/Japanese could vary based on the complexity of the…