Chat GPT is a shell of what it used to be

Am I the only one that feels this way? At the beginning of 2025 I feel like Chat GPT was on top of it's game, more accurate, more human like, and it was less likely to be lazy and deny request.

Then in March it was being a heavy "yes man" ans started excessively lying. I would ask it to do something like search for wired headphones and it would deny the request or tell me it was unable to search. While then in other chats it would just agree with everything I said with too many emojis and use of the word "vibes"

Now they stripped away any sense of "empathy" (in quotes because I know it doesn't actually have it), and it's wrong 99.9% of the time. I can't believe how much I have to correct it. It's like you have to know the answer before asking something.

Has anyone else been having this experience? I recently moved over to Claude and I'm loving it so much. It's very polite, logical, doesn't deny request, no "yes man behavior", excessive emoji usage, genuinely listens to you without needing to repeat (ie: please list out something in this format) where Chat GPT will now get it wrong 10 times and then you just have to do it yourself. I also love that for every few sentences of information Claude cites the sources so you can verifiy it's legit. It is a shame though about Chat GPT- in a weird way I feel like I lost a friend. I used to be able to bounce complex topics off of it and it had good insight. I was a paid user since last year but now have canceled my subscription.