Every advises starting fresh AI chat threads to avoid context rot
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Every, in a newsletter from its writer, advises starting a new AI chat thread for each task instead of continuing an existing one.
The writer says they keep Claude's and ChatGPT's memory turned off. Within one thread, accumulated context can cause context rot, where the model follows outdated instructions, builds on earlier mistakes, or overlooks details. The newsletter previews seven failure modes from the author's forthcoming book, Context Engineering with DSPy.
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AIEvery's writer keeps Claude's and ChatGPT's memory turned off and starts a fresh thread for each new task. Within one thread, accumulated context can cause context rot, where the model follows outdated instructions, builds on earlier mistakes, or overlooks details. The newsletter previews seven failure modes from the author's forthcoming book Context Engineering with DSPy.
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