Updated on Feb. 13 at 3 p.m. ET — OpenAI has officially retired the GPT-4o model from ChatGPT. The model is no longer available in the “Legacy Models” drop-down within the AI chatbot.
On Reddit, heartbroken users are sharing mournful posts about their experience. We’ve updated this article to reflect some of the most recent responses from the AI companion community.
In a replay of a dramatic moment from 2025, OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o in just two weeks. Fans of the AI model are not taking it well.
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