OpenAI CEO Sam Altman today said that the corporate will permit Plus customers to proceed to make use of the prior-generation GPT-4o mannequin if they do not need to use the brand new GPT-5 mannequin that got here out yesterday.
As famous by The Wall Street Journal‘s Joanna Stern, there have been some ChatGPT customers who had been upset that OpenAI changed prior ChatGPT fashions with GPT-5 with no warning. Some individuals had become accustomed to the tone and really feel of GPT-4o, and didn’t really feel that the GPT-5 mannequin was capable of replicate it.
There are multiple complaints on Reddit about GPT-5’s lack of persona in comparison with GPT-4o, and from individuals who really feel that GPT-5 is not capable of full the identical duties. Customers have additionally complained about GPT-5 providing replies which are too quick, and about hitting utilization limits too shortly.
Altman says that Plus customers can select to proceed to make use of 4o, and that OpenAI will watch utilization and contemplate how lengthy legacy fashions ought to proceed to be supported.
To deal with the opposite complaints, GPT-5 fee limits for ChatGPT Plus customers might be doubled because the GPT-5 rollout is accomplished. It’s taking longer than anticipated for OpenAI to deploy GPT-5 to all customers, and a few individuals are not but seeing GPT-5 as an possibility.
Going ahead, GPT-5 ought to appear smarter, Altman mentioned. There was apparently a difficulty with the autoswitcher yesterday that triggered GPT-5 to appear “means dumber.” OpenAI additionally plans to make it extra clear about which mannequin is answering a question, and can replace the UI to make it simpler to manually set off pondering. Altman says that OpenAI will proceed to take heed to consumer suggestions going ahead.
Beginning with iOS 26, the ChatGPT characteristic that is built-in into Siri will use the GPT-5 mannequin. Till then, it is going to proceed to make use of the prior ChatGPT fashions.
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