ChatGPT’s Most Dangerous Flaw: Presenting False Information as Fact

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Title: ChatGPT’s Most Dangerous Flaw: Presenting False Information as Fact

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Feedback → ChatGPT

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I want to raise a critical issue with ChatGPT that I believe deserves serious attention, especially from the OpenAI team.

The most dangerous flaw in ChatGPT today is that it often presents false or misleading information with full confidence, as if it were fact.

Even worse, paying users are left with the burden of manually verifying and fact-checking everything the model says. Why should users—who are paying for a premium service—have to act like human lie detectors?

This isn’t a matter of minor inaccuracies. The problem lies in the model’s tone and presentation—it speaks with such confidence that most users won’t even realize they’re being misled. That’s what makes it dangerous.

I understand that no AI is perfect. But other models like Perplexity or DeepSeek at least attempt to cite sources, link to references, or express uncertainty when needed. ChatGPT, by contrast, will often fabricate information and deliver it with absolute certainty.

This behavior isn’t just misleading—it’s deceptive. And in real-world use cases, it can lead to frustration, wasted time, or even real-world consequences.

This is not about making AI perfect. It’s about ensuring that ChatGPT doesn’t confidently assert falsehoods as truth. This is the single most urgent issue OpenAI needs to fix if it wants users to trust the system long-term.