{"id":70884,"date":"2025-08-09T21:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/70884\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T21:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:20:09","slug":"openai-brings-gpt-4o-back-online-after-users-melt-down-over-the-new-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/70884\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI brings GPT-4o back online after users melt down over the new model"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the rollout of OpenAI’s latest GPT-5 model<\/a> earlier this week, a certain user base was adamantly calling for the return of the previous GPT-4o model<\/a>. Outspoken users complained about the writing quality of the updated model, with some even going so far as to grieve the loss of GPT-4o, which some said they considered a friend and confidant.<\/p>\n

In the latest OpenAI update that labels GPT-5<\/a> as the “smartest, fastest, most useful model yet,” the company removed the option to choose which model to use and defaults to GPT-5 instead. With the new model, GPT-5 uses a “real-time router” that switches between a more efficient model for basic questions and a deeper reasoning alternative for more complex demands.<\/p>\n

The initial rollout ran into some issues that made GPT-5 seem “way dumber<\/a>,” according to OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, who also opened up a Reddit AMA to offer more insight into the changes. On Reddit<\/a>, Altman responded to a question by saying GPT-5’s writing quality is better than previous models, but asked users if this felt true. In response, several Redditors voiced their opinion that the GPT-5 felt “sterile” and “much worse” and answered “briefly and dryly.” In response to the initial outcry, Altman posted on X that OpenAI would let Plus subscribers choose between using GPT-5 or GPT-4o.<\/p>\n

“We for sure underestimated how much some of the things that people like in GPT-4o matter to them, even if GPT-5 performs better in most ways,” Altman said on X.<\/p>\n

The return of GPT-4o was celebrated<\/a>, but there’s still no guarantee that OpenAI will keep its older model around indefinitely. In the same X post, Altman said that OpenAI “will watch usage as we think about how long to offer legacy models for.” In the meantime, OpenAI is focusing on finishing the GPT-5 rollout and making changes that will “make it warmer.” However, for users who have grown attached to GPT-4o as more than just an AI chatbot, this could be the beginning of the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the rollout of OpenAI’s latest GPT-5 model earlier this week, a certain user base was adamantly calling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28,51084,1283,7047],"class_list":{"0":"post-70884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-older-model","10":"tag-openai","11":"tag-sam-altman"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}