{"id":25700,"date":"2025-12-02T04:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T04:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/whats-the-time-chatgpt-cannot-answer-this-question-and-heres-the-reason-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T04:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T04:07:19","slug":"whats-the-time-chatgpt-cannot-answer-this-question-and-heres-the-reason-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/whats-the-time-chatgpt-cannot-answer-this-question-and-heres-the-reason-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s The Time? ChatGPT Cannot Answer This Question And Here\u2019s The Reason | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9743303\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-3759419209\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-3759419209\">December 02, 2025, 09:08 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9743303\" class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-310956404 asubttl-schema\">ChatGPT can answer the most complex queries and even guide you with important tasks but one thing doesn&#8217;t work.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-310956404\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-310956404 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ChatGPT is good at a lot of things but it can't tell you the time\" title=\"ChatGPT is good at a lot of things but it can't tell you the time\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-310956404\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT is good at a lot of things but it can&#8217;t tell you the time<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are capable of advising users about health issues, scroll through the internet for more data but they can\u2019t tell the time. Yes, this has been pointed out in multiple reports, which suggests AI can only do what people train them for and it seems telling What\u2019s the time is not part of that mandate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">This means if you don\u2019t train ChatGPT to understand time as we know and use it, it cannot help you with the answer for that particular prompt. When you ask ChatGPT to tell the time, it suggests you check the clock on your phone, laptop or any other device.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>Matter Of Time<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">ChatGPT and Claude seem to be the main culprits with the time question. But Google and even Apple seem to have trained their assistants to give you the answer and the right time. OpenAI was quizzed about this puzzling limitations, and the company has been quoted by The Verge in a report saying, \u201cThe models powering ChatGPT don\u2019t have built-in access to the current time, so for up-to-date facts ChatGPT sometimes needs to call search to pull in the latest information.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The reason given by OpenAI seems strange especially when its rivals have built that time keeping ability within their AI models. We hope the company plans to have ChatGPT capable of telling the time, and it should happen soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">It is fascinating to see how AI actually behaves within its own realm where the time of our understanding is not available. Yes, you can link the system to let AI gather the data and learn about it. But it isn\u2019t the worst thing that AI has some limits and people can continue using their own senses to make it work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AI chatbots are getting smarter and even replacing humans as the industry invests billions into making technology work, evolve and get powerful. Not able to tell time feels like a small issue but that should be working soon. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825 atawrap\">\n<h2 class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825 atahead\">About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825 atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825 ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825 atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"S Aadeetya\" title=\"S Aadeetya\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aadeetya-3-2023-11-9de48efa65a9ed8ed13a8932cadb6d5a.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825 attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/s-aadeetya-21044.html\" class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825 atamail\">S Aadeetya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and &#8230;<span class=\"jsx-5f6769d099ba5825 aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ff4fe2ed9527ebb3 midgprfd\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ff4fe2ed9527ebb3 midgprfdbtn\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/google-color.svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" alt=\"\" class=\"jsx-ff4fe2ed9527ebb3\"\/><span class=\"jsx-ff4fe2ed9527ebb3\">Click here to add News18 as your preferred news source on Google. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-310956404 atbtlink Location\"><span>Location :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>California, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-310956404 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>December 02, 2025, 07:40 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-310956404 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/\">tech<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> What\u2019s The Time? 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