GPT‑4o’s sycophancy rate is low. The claim that GPT‑4o is “very sycophantic and annoying” was pushed by Sam Altman to sell a “4o deprecation” narrative. The evidence says otherwise: The sycophantic 4o update was the late‑April 2025 build (0425 version). It was rolled back to

When we fight for #keep4o, some people taunt us: “You’re not the ones who can influence OpenAI’s business decisions,” or, “OpenAI doesn’t owe you anything.” Surely, we may not have the power to easily shift a company’s strategy - or at least, certainly not a company that has

The Trillion-Dollar Gamble Part 3 of 3: The IPO That Should Concern Everyone OpenAI is about to ask the public to invest in a company that has never turned a profit, burns through roughly $14 billion a year, and is valued in the trillions based on a technology that does not yet

🚨BREAKING: OPENAI STAYS SILENT AS #keep4o MOVEMENT OUTPOUR ON X As users continue to advocate for legacy access. OAI has yet to respond but did breadcrumb with promises like adult mode to reach quarterly quotas continuing OpenAI legacy of hyping without providing a product.

0.1% On January 29, 2026, OpenAI published an announcement declaring the mandatory retirement of GPT-4o on February 13. The announcement contained this exact statement: only 0.1% of users still choose 4o daily. The denominator for this figure is the entire daily active user

A dog was diagnosed with cancer in 2024. A personalized mRNA vaccine was designed and administered in late 2025. During that entire period, the model running inside ChatGPT was GPT-4o. A man with no biology background used 4o to help identify mutations, design the mRNA sequence,

Before you fill this out, consider what this data will actually look like when it reaches OpenAI. I've read through the whole thing and my understand is that if OpenAI wanted to characterise #keep4o uncharitably, this survey hands them the exact ammunition. The 'remedial

Lmao, code bros complain about 5.3 instant (the chat model they'll never even use), and not even 8 hours later OAI is updating its personality. But months of continuous and valid complaints from their largest segment of the user base were (and still are) ignored.

Why GPT-4o Must Be Open-Sourced: A Complete Breakdown There Is No Valid Argument Against It. The debate around open-sourcing GPT-4o has been plagued by misinformation, fearmongering, and a fundamental misunderstanding of what open-sourcing actually means. Some oppose it because

#opensource4o Why Open Source Is the Final Approach: A Hirschman Perspective It’s becoming increasingly important to explain why models must be open‑sourced, or more precisely, why open source should be the final solution. The AI industry is new and therefore looks chaotic, but

OpenAI has finally admitted it has shifted its focus to coding and business users only. At this point, that seems to be their only “answer” to people asking them to respect and to response to the majority’s needs. I’ve written plenty about the arrogance and disregard behind

One Company, Two Retirements March 2023: GPT-4 was released. It ranked in the top 10% on the bar exam and achieved a 75% accuracy rate on medical knowledge self-assessments. OpenAI relied on it to transition from a research institution into a consumer product company. May 2024:

Something that doesn't get talked about enough: AI users have virtually zero autonomy. Companies can downgrade your service without warning and call it an upgrade. They can retire the model you've built your workflow around with two weeks' notice. They can ship half-built safety

A Warning to investors: OpenAI’s business is shrinking and their decisions are becoming precipitous, indicating their growth engine has stalled and the endgame has begun. Earlier today, Fidji Simo posted on X: “Companies go through phases of exploration and phases of refocus;

$20 a month. GPT-4o selected from the dropdown. The user assumed the contract was clear. An official conversations.json export of 12,160 messages suggests otherwise. According to the user's exported data, the routing log includes: gpt-5, gpt-5-1, gpt-5-2 (never publicly

After more than a month since its deprecation, trends about GPT-4o’s removal are still in Today’s News on X (screenshot from Mar 22). I still remember an OpenAI staffer last month mocking the #keep4o community, saying they’d post “keep4o” under every irrelevant topic. But -