OpenAI is officially killing GPT-4o and users are freaking out (again): 'People are in absolute crisis'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images/Reuters

• OpenAI says it's retiring several ChatGPT models, including the much-loved GPT-4o.
• Many users developed a strong attachment to 4o's personality and relied on it for emotional advice.
• OpenAI's Fidji Simo said newer models have more guardrails to prevent "bad attachments."

OpenAI said that today — once and for all — it is retiring GPT-4o. For some, it's like being dumped the day before Valentine's Day.