Real ChatGPT examples (Page 5)
Real ChatGPT examples from public posts we opened and checked. Each card opens the case: what the person asked, what happened, and a prompt you can copy. Some of these worked, some partly worked, and some failed. The label on the case says whether the words are the person's own, rebuilt from their account, or our fuller version.
358 source-checked cases where people used ChatGPT. All ChatGPT cases
Shortlist used Volvos and prep dealer questions with ChatGPT
ChatGPT searched dealers for Volvo XC60 and V60 models and wrote dealer questions, but it sometimes missed the buyer's criteria.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendlyView CasePlan a four-day family trip to London with ChatGPT, then have hotel concierges catch what it got wrong (partial)
ChatGPT drafted a London family trip, but concierges caught a closed restaurant, wrong buses and sold-out exhibits: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewView CaseStudy out loud with ChatGPT voice as a college study partner
Lucas Orfanides used ChatGPT voice two to three hours a day for three courses, talking through notes and asking it not to give answers.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendlyView CaseAudit a year of medical bills against your insurance contract with ChatGPT (partial)
ChatGPT confirmed a $1,512 medical overpayment but didn't find it unprompted; the refund was pending: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewView CaseTrack symptoms and prepare doctor questions during medication side effects with ChatGPT
During eight days of severe GLP-1 nausea, Tish Jenkins used ChatGPT to log fluids and prepare doctor questions.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterBeginner-friendlyView CaseDraft a 13-day cross-country motorcycle route with Grok and ChatGPT, then catch a badly wrong route map
ChatGPT's motorcycle trip itinerary looked good, but its route map was badly wrong; Grok's was wonky: partial.
PartialChatGPT +1Evidence: Screenshots or logsView CaseTurn voice memos into invoices and expense entries with Zapier and ChatGPT
Danny Richman built a Zapier and ChatGPT flow so a garden business owner can speak a voice memo and have Zoho Books send the invoice.
WorkedChatGPT +1Evidence: Company case studyView CaseGet the lay of the land for a trip in half an hour and book a rental the same night with ChatGPT (partial)
ChatGPT helped book a Door County trip in half an hour but recommended two restaurants that had closed: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewView CaseWin a security deposit small claims case against a landlord with ChatGPT
ChatGPT found a New York limit on security deposits, and Chris Maloney, with no lawyer, won $1,180 in court.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendlyView CaseLet ChatGPT handle airline and car-rental disputes from Gmail and recover about €200 so far
Connected to Gmail, ChatGPT handles disputes alone and won two refunds totalling about €200; a third is ongoing: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterView CaseBuild a dog-themed math tutor for an 11-year-old before exams with ChatGPT
A dad built a ChatGPT tutor with a cocker spaniel personality to help an 11-year-old with long division. It took a few weeks.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendlyView CasePractise interview answers out loud with ChatGPT voice mode, not memorised scripts (partial)
ChatGPT voice-mode interview practice helped, but memorized ChatGPT answers sounded scripted and cost a role: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterView CaseBuild a gentle toddler sleep routine with ChatGPT after paid sleep courses failed
After a year of 2:30 a.m. wake-ups and failed courses, a parent used ChatGPT to build a gentle routine, and the toddler slept longer.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterBeginner-friendlyView CaseWin a Lufthansa refund for a cancelled trip over months of ChatGPT-written emails
ChatGPT drafted months of emails to win a Lufthansa refund, but the traveller still lost money and the trip: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterView CaseCatch an impossible cat blood test result before euthanasia with ChatGPT
A vet reported a 2.8% red cell count and raised euthanasia. ChatGPT called it impossible; a retest showed 22.8% and the cat lived.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendlyView CaseBuild a tiny house with no experience using ChatGPT for quantities, purchase order and cost-splitting, while catching frequent errors
ChatGPT helped with quantities and maths for a self-built tiny home, but an architect friend found it often wrong: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewView CaseCatch up on missed lectures by turning course notes into a tutor with ChatGPT
An Iowa State student uploads notes from missed lectures to ChatGPT, then has it check each answer like office hours before exams.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendlyView CaseFile an Indian income tax return with ChatGPT as a cross-checker (it got some capital gains wrong)
ChatGPT cross-checked an Indian tax return, but gave wrong REIT guidance and misclassified gains, so it was only partial help.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterView CaseCompare Disney World trip budgets from three AIs with ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity
ChatGPT budgeted $8,500 for a Disney trip but missed peak-date hotel costs; Gemini's $10,050 to $13,350 caught spring break.
WorkedChatGPT +2Evidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendlyView CaseFill a Walmart pickup cart with 26 meal-plan groceries using ChatGPT computer control, stopping before checkout
ChatGPT filled a 26-item Walmart cart from its meal plan but got one quantity wrong; the parent reviewed it: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterView CaseCut four monthly bills by $119.75 with ChatGPT negotiation scripts
ChatGPT gave McKenzie Day call scripts and switching ideas that cut internet, phone, pest control and app bills by $1,437 a year.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterBeginner-friendlyView CaseGet one misclassified blood-panel charge reversed on a live insurer call with ChatGPT's help
One of the two charges was reversed during the call; the appeal on the second was still pending.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Described by posterView CaseDecide to go back to the ER for worsening leg pain and breathlessness with ChatGPT
After an ER visit and a gout diagnosis, ChatGPT told a wife to go back to the ER. Scans found blood clots in the leg and lungs.
WorkedChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendlyView CaseHand a family's weekly grocery shop to ChatGPT's in-app browser and find it takes nearly an hour
ChatGPT did a family's weekly online shop under budget, but it took nearly an hour and had a wrong item: partial.
PartialChatGPTEvidence: Article or interviewView Case

