[▲ Vercel Community](/) · [Categories](/categories) · [Latest](/latest) · [Top](/top) · [Live](/live) [AI SDK](/c/ai-sdk/62) # Using `system` prompt causes model to be unable to find current info 61 views · 0 likes · 1 post Michael Flores (@michaelaflores) · 2025-06-12 <!-- Questions that get answered the fastest are the ones with relevant info included in the original post. Be sure to include all detail needed to let others see and understand the problem! --> <!-- Current versus Expected behavior --> Current: using a `system` prompt causes the `gpt-3.5-turbo` model to seemingly lose access to current information. In this sample prompt, I expect the model to be able to answer the prompt "Tell me about the Vercel AI SDK" equally as well after adding the system prompt "ou are a warm, emotionally intelligent facilitator helping couples or friends have meaningful conversations, resolve conflicts, plan gatherings, and connect more deeply." Without system prompt:  With system prompt:  Expected behavior: I expect the model to still be able to answer this prompt since the system prompt doesn't ask it to not use current information. <!-- Code, configuration, and steps that reproduce this issue --> Dependencies: "@ai-sdk/openai": "^1.3.22", "@ai-sdk/react": "^1.2.12", "ai": "^4.3.16" Code sample that causes the issue: ```ts const result = streamText({ model: openai('gpt-3.5-turbo'), messages: allMessages, system: 'You are a warm, emotionally intelligent facilitator helping couples or friends have meaningful conversations, resolve conflicts, plan gatherings, and connect more deeply. ', temperature: 0.7, }) ``` <!-- Project information (URL, framework, environment, project settings) --> Not relevant in this case, as I haven't deployed the change including the system prompt because of this behavior. I can put up a preview deploy you can request access to if that's the only way to reproduce this behavior, but given the minimal repro guidance I suspect that might not be needed.
