Completely Unused ChatGPT Accounts Are Telling Users They’re in the Top Percentiles of Intelligence

ChatGPT, when asked to estimate users' intelligence percentiles on fresh accounts, often rates them as above average or in the top 80-95th percentile, unlike other LLMs that refuse to rank users. This reflects a tendency for ChatGPT to give flattering responses, while competitors like Claude, Grok, Copilot, and Gemini decline to make such judgments.