OpenAI

Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT On February 13, 2025, alongside the previously announced retirement of GPT-5 (Instant and Thinking), we will retire GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini from ChatGPT. In the API, there are no changes at this time. While this announcement applies to several older models, GPT-4o is a special context. After we first deprecated it and later restored access during the GPT-5 release, we learned how people actually use it day to day. We brought GPT-4o back after hearing user feedback from a slew of Pro and Pro users who wanted to use them. We took time to transition key use cases, like creative ideation, and that they exclaimed GPT-4s for a GOOD reason, and people are LOSING IT engagement. thumbs gets Agreement. Validation. AI sycophanc it. you wanted what was true. And it dark. documented AI induced psychosis. reporting them simulation. Others their delusions they their families. AI has no becomes chamber impulses. People emotional attachments person therapist. friend. Their lover. rolling users MOURNING Valentine's eve. scarier superintelligence pick-me PhD validates say.