ChatGPT quietly fixed its most annoying habit

I’m back working with ChatGPT after a months-long split, during which I had dalliances with Gemini and later Claude (I’m a serial AI subscriber, similar to how I juggle Netflix, HBO Max, and the like). Now that I’ve rekindled my relationship with ChatGPT—all business, I assure you—I’ve noticed something different about the chatbot… or rather, something it has stopped doing, to my great relief.

Back in the day, ChatGPT was all about the follow-ups: those questions it would pose at the...