12/7/2023: Anthropic says "skill issue"

**Anthropic** fixed a glitch in their **Claude 2.1** model's needle in a haystack test by adding a prompt. Discussions on **OpenAI's** Discord compared **Google's Gemini Pro and Gemini Ultra** models with **OpenAI's GPT-4** and **GPT-3.5**, with some users finding GPT-4 superior in benchmarks. Rumors about a **GPT-4.5** release circulated without official confirmation. Concerns were raised about "selective censorship" affecting language model performance. The EU's potential regulation of AI, including **ChatGPT**, was highlighted. Users reported issues with **ChatGPT Plus** message limits and subscription upgrades, and shared experiences with **BingChat** and **DALL-E**. The community discussed prompt engineering techniques and future applications like image generation and MIDI sequence analysis, expressing hopes for **GPT-5**.