Claude is smarter. I still went back to ChatGPT.

Three updates did it: the images, the model underneath, and a voice mode that genuinely unsettled me. Then there's the fourth reason nobody talks about, and it's the one that actually moves people between these tools.

FREE GUIDE: how to prompt ChatGPT for images that come out right the first time, the mistakes that keep you fighting with it, plus the best use cases for GPT-5.6 Sol.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Everyone is going back to ChatGPT
00:29 The Pentagon deal that started the walkout
01:20 How Claude took the lead
02:12 Reason 1: images
02:56 Paintbrush or portrait painter
03:29 Why your face becomes a stranger by edit five
04:32 The one rule: never edit the edit
05:24 Reason 2: the model underneath
05:46 GraphWalks, 45% to 77%
06:44 Where Claude still wins for me
07:32 Reason 3: the voice mode
08:24 What full duplex actually does
09:20 Live demo: talking to ChatGPT
10:38 Where this is heading
10:57 Please do not use this for therapy
11:20 The real reason people switch
12:08 Value for money, and why ChatGPT is my Google

IN THIS VIDEO
Why people walked away from ChatGPT in the first place, and what happened on 4 March.
ChatGPT Images 2.0 against Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro.
Why the fifth edit of your photo is a different human being, and the single rule that fixes it.
What a jump from 45% to 77% on GraphWalks actually feels like when you are working.
Where Claude is still better, honestly.
Full duplex voice, and a live unscripted conversation with it.
Why I will not use it for therapy, and why you shouldn't either.
The real reason people move between AI tools, which is not intelligence.

TOOLS MENTIONED
ChatGPT (GPT-5.6 Soul), ChatGPT Images 2.0, Claude (Opus 5, Fable 5), Google Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro.

WHO I AM
I'm Hemanth. I teach founders how to grow a business without burning out, by turning AI into their first employee. New videos on AI leverage for one-person businesses.

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Nothing here is sponsored. I pay for every tool in this video myself: $20 a month for ChatGPT, $100 a month for Claude.

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