OpenAI Rolls Back ChatGPT’s Model Router System for Most Users

Maxwell Zeff / wired - As OpenAI scrambles to improve ChatGPT, it's ditching a feature in its free tier that contributed to last summer's user revolt.

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OpenAI's GPT-5 router rollback shows why AI requires unlearning old habits

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OpenAI Defaults Free Users to Cheapest Model to Cut Back on Costs https://gizmodo.com/openai-defaults-free-users-to-cheapest-model-to-cut-back-on-costs-2000700346

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OpenAI Defaults Free Users to Cheapest Model to Cut Back on Costs

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Oh, OpenAI is pulling back GPT-5's router model because it is more expensive because it pushes users to reasoning models? Gawrsh! www.wheresyoured.at/sora2-openai/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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OpenAI Rolls Back ChatGPT’s Model Router System for Most Users

2 months / wired / Maxwell Zeff

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