OpenAI has formally retired the controversial GPT-4o mannequin

OpenAI’s GPT-4o could have survived its first brush with going offline, but it surely will not be as fortunate this time. OpenAI has formally retired GPT-4o, the ChatGPT mannequin that was seen as extra conversational and notoriously sycophantic, on February 13. The information of GPT-4o’s finish was first introduced in a submit on the OpenAI website in January, however the discontinuation additionally included GPT-5, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini from ChatGPT.

It is not the primary time that OpenAI has delisted GPT-4o as an possibility for ChatGPT. In August, the AI large sunsetted the GPT-4o mannequin in favor of rolling out and prioritizing the newest GPT-5 model on the time. Nevertheless, a wave of person complaints led OpenAI to revive entry to GPT-4o however with no assure that it will be round ceaselessly.

This time round, OpenAI does not appear very open to preserving entry to GPT-4o, particularly since it will serve solely a small portion of the person base. The corporate wrote on its web site that “the overwhelming majority of utilization has shifted to GPT‑5.2, with solely 0.1 % of customers nonetheless selecting GPT‑4o every day.” On high of that, OpenAI is dealing with a number of wrongful death lawsuits that particularly point out the GPT-4o mannequin. Regardless of the 2 weeks of discover earlier than GPT-4o’s final day on-line, there’s nonetheless a vocal group of customers mourning the lack of their AI boyfriends and even calling for OpenAI to open-source their most well-liked mannequin.