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ChatGPT and Claude drop token streaming in favor of instant responses

OpenAI and Anthropic eliminate the character-by-character output delay that slowed user interactions.

What to know

  • ChatGPT and Claude now deliver complete responses instantly instead of streaming tokens one piece at a time.
  • The change addresses a persistent user complaint about perceived slowness, even though token streaming was originally designed to make waits feel shorter.
  • Both major AI assistants have made the same shift toward immediate output delivery.

OpenAI ChatGPT developerAnthropic Claude developer

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