What AI model does SummaryBot use? And does whoever runs SummaryBot use any special tricks on top of that model? It could just be bias, but SummaryBot seems better at summarizing stuff then GPT-5 Thinking, o3, or Gemini 2.5 Pro, so I’m wondering if it’s a different model or maybe just good prompting or something else.
@Toby Tremlett🔹, are you SummaryBot’s keeper? Or did you just manage its evil twin?
It used to run on Claude, but I’ve since moved it to a ChatGPT project using GPT-5. I update the system instructions quarterly based on feedback, which probably explains the difference you’re seeing. You can read more in this doc on posting SummaryBot comments.
Thank you very much for the info! It’s probably down to your prompting, then. Squeezing things into 6 bullet points might be just a helpful format for ChatGPT or for summaries (even human-written ones) in general. Maybe I will try that myself when I want to ask ChatGPT to summarize something.
I also think there’s an element of “magic”/illusion to it, though, since I just noticed a couple mistakes SummaryBot made and now its powers seem less mysterious.
What AI model does SummaryBot use? And does whoever runs SummaryBot use any special tricks on top of that model? It could just be bias, but SummaryBot seems better at summarizing stuff then GPT-5 Thinking, o3, or Gemini 2.5 Pro, so I’m wondering if it’s a different model or maybe just good prompting or something else.
@Toby Tremlett🔹, are you SummaryBot’s keeper? Or did you just manage its evil twin?
Hey! @Dane Valerie runs SummaryBot, maybe she’d like to comment.
Thanks, Toby!
It used to run on Claude, but I’ve since moved it to a ChatGPT project using GPT-5. I update the system instructions quarterly based on feedback, which probably explains the difference you’re seeing. You can read more in this doc on posting SummaryBot comments.
Thank you very much for the info! It’s probably down to your prompting, then. Squeezing things into 6 bullet points might be just a helpful format for ChatGPT or for summaries (even human-written ones) in general. Maybe I will try that myself when I want to ask ChatGPT to summarize something.
I also think there’s an element of “magic”/illusion to it, though, since I just noticed a couple mistakes SummaryBot made and now its powers seem less mysterious.