OpenAI removes access to GPT-4o model prone to sycophancy

Starting Friday, OpenAI will be activated Stop providing access to five legacy ChatGPT models, including the popular and controversial GPT-4o model.

The 4o model has been at the center of a number of… Lawsuits Regarding user self-harm, delusional behavior, and artificial intelligence psychosis. OpenAI remains The highest model of flattery.

In addition to GPT-4o, GPT-5, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini models are also deprecated.

OpenAI was going to retire GPT-4o in August, when it unveiled the new version GPT-5 model. But at the time, there was enough backlash on OpenAI’s part to keep the old model available to paid subscribers, who could choose to manually interact with that model. In a recent blog post, OpenAI noted that only 0.1% of customers use GPT-4o, but for a company with… 800 million weekly active usersThis small percentage still amounts to 800 thousand people.

Thousands of users have They rallied against the retirement of 4Ociting their close ties to the model.