OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
  • Sam Altman wrote on X that ChatGPT should be "much less lazy now" after OpenAI rolled out an update.
  • Some users have complained the AI is refusing to complete tasks and giving lackluster responses.
  • It's not clear what caused the slump, with one developer blaming seasonal depression. 

ChatGPT has made a slow start to the year — but Sam Altman says the chatty AI is now past its winter slump.

The OpenAI CEO said that the chatbot should be "much less lazy now," after the startup rolled out a fix for an issue that saw some users complain that ChatGPT was refusing to complete tasks and getting sassy with them.