From CNET: OpenAI hoped to shrink the menu of generative AI models on its ChatGPT platform to just one with the release of its GPT-5 model this week. Not everyone was a fan.
Now CEO Sam Altman says the developer is looking at giving ChatGPT Plus subscribers the option to keep using the older 4o model.
Altman and other OpenAI leaders took questions on Reddit on Friday, a day after the announcement of the new GPT-5 model. A quick glance through the comments revealed how many users preferred how older models like GPT-4.1, GPT-4.5 and 4o handled writing and other tasks. Some said the other models seemed more friendly and conversational than GPT-5.
"BRING BACK 4o," one user posted, "GPT-5 is wearing the skin of my dead friend."
Another said GPT-5 is "short" and "cold" compared to GPT-4, adding, "It was terrible that this happened overnight with no other options."
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