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OpenAI reversed its plan to retire older models after user backlash and will double GPT-5 rate limits for ChatGPT Plus users, preserving access to GPT-4o.
- OpenAI released ChatGPT-5 on August 7, 2025, and removed prior model versions, forcing users to adopt the new system.
- This change sparked immediate backlash as many users emotionally and productively relied on the previous GPT-4o model, creating calls to restore it.
- CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the underestimated attachment to GPT-4o and reinstated it for Plus and Team subscribers while monitoring its usage.
- Altman admitted the rollout was imperfect, citing a 'broken autoswitcher,' and stated "ChatGPT-5 will seem smarter starting" August 8, 2025.
- The incident highlights OpenAI's challenge balancing innovation with user preferences and mental health concerns amid capacity constraints and model improvements.
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OpenAI brings GPT-4o back as a default for all paying ChatGPT users, Altman promises ‘plenty of notice’ if it leaves again
For now, the changes should help placate users who felt frustrated by the sudden shift to GPT-5 and deprecation of OpenAI's older LLMs.
Users Were So Addicted to GPT-4o That They Immediately Cajoled OpenAI Into Bringing It Back After It Got Killed
Last week, OpenAI startled the world by announcing that its long-awaited GPT-5 would replace all of its previous models, The move sparked outrage. Apart from being severely underwhelmed by the performance of OpenAI's newest offering, power users immediately started to beg CEO Sam Altman to bring back preceding models, often for a reason that had little to do with intelligence, artificial or otherwise: they were attached to it on an emotional lev…
ChatGPT Users Are Cancelling OpenAI Subscriptions After GPT-5 Launch - The Canadian Media
#Sam Altman# OpenAI# GPT-5# GPT-4o# ChatGPT Plus# AI model rollout# user feedback# AI personalisation IBNS-CMEDIA: Facing a wave of criticism and mixed feedback, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has used social media to respond to concerns about the new GPT-5 model, according to a Financial Express report. In a series of posts, he admitted the company had “underestimated how much some of the things that people like in GPT-4o matter to them, even if GPT-5 p…
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