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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.

#ai #software #openai #chatgpt #pricing #ux #technology #api

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

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

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

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

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

2 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

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]

2 months / bsky / @edzitron.com

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

2 months / wired / Maxwell Zeff

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You might want to skip a phone upgrade in 2026, as memory crisis threatens industry

digitaltrends - Smartphones are getting more AI features, not fewer, but rising memory prices may force manufacturers to ship phones with less RAM in 2026.The post You might want to skip a phone upgrade in 2026, as memory crisis threatens industry appeared first on Digit…


Apple's resilience amid crisis

Apple Least Affected by Rising DRAM Prices

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

iPhone will do pretty well in 2026, as RAM prices hammer the smartphone industry

2 months / appleinsider

Apple Best Positioned to Weather DRAM Price Surge, Says Counterpoint

2 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick


Consumer price surge impact

All signs point to big laptop and smartphone price increases due to escalating memory shortage

2 months / mashable

Smartphones face a memory cost crunch – and buyers aren't in the mood

2 months / theregister / Carly Page

You might want to skip a phone upgrade in 2026, as memory crisis threatens industry

2 months / digitaltrends

Samsung hikes DDR5 prices 100%, reshaping device pricing in 2026

2 months / reddit / /u/CipherGarden


Other industry and peripheral insights

The Worst Thing About the RAM Shortage That Nobody’s Talking About

2 months / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Don't wait if you're planning to upgrade your RAM or SSD, Kingston rep warns — says 'prices will continue to go up,' NAND costs up 246%

2 months / tomshardware

Sapphire rep predicts DRAM prices will begin to stabilize in the next 6-8 months, but warns 'it may not be the prices we want' — GPU vendor says memory crisis is similar to tariff uncertainty

2 months / tomshardware

DRAM Price Hikes Have Minimal Impact on PC OEMs, Notes Report

2 months / techpowerup


Smartphone shipment decline

Rising Memory Costs Could Cut 2026 Smartphone Shipments, Apple Better Positioned Than Rivals [Report]

2 months / iclarified

Chips costs to hit smartphone shipments in 2026 – Counterpoint Research

2 months / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Chip Crunch to Curb Smartphone Output in 2026, Researcher Says

2 months / bloomberg / Vlad Savov


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The Worst Thing About the RAM Shortage That Nobody’s Talking About https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-thing-about-the-ram-shortage-that-nobodys-talking-about-2000700185

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Gizmodo: The Worst Thing About the RAM Shortage That Nobody’s Talking About "....“black hole” of AI “sucking everything into it”..." https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-thing-about-the-ram-shortage-that-nobodys-talking-about-2000700185 #inflation #

2 months / bsky / @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy / ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy

Apple Best Positioned to Weather DRAM Price Surge, Says Counterpoint

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 17010 / 17 stories in 2 months


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