OpenAI's Embarrassing GPT-5 Retreat

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August 14, 2025
OpenAI just did a complete retreat on their "one model to rule them all" vision after users complained about GPT-5 for a week straight. Now we're back to having 8 different models to choose from, including the return of GPT-4o that people emotionally loved. The criticism hit from two sides - technical routing problems sending queries to weaker models, and people missing the emotional connection they had with 4o.