The GPT-5 rollout has been a disaster.
OpenAI unveiled its latest generative AI model, GPT-5, on Thursday. CEO Sam Altman says that ChatGPT is now like having a “superpower” and the equivalent of “a legitimate PhD-level expert in anything, any area you need, on demand, that can help you with whatever your goals are.” But after a day of playing around with it, many people are disappointed. Not only because GPT-5 still fumbles basic questions, but because it seems to be breaking a lot of workflows, according to complaints posted to Reddit.
How much do people hate what happened with GPT-5? Altman now says they’re bringing back the last model for paid users. “We will let Plus users choose to continue to use 4o. We will watch usage as we think about how long to offer legacy models for,” Altman tweeted.
Altman also wrote that the company is going to double the GPT-5 rate limits for ChatGPT Plus users and blamed the fact that the new model seemed “dumber” on the autoswitcher breaking. The CEO also said they’re going to change the UI to make it easier to switch between different models. “Rolling out to everyone is taking a bit longer. It’s a massive change at big scale. For example, our API traffic has about doubled over the past 24 hours…” Altman wrote.
ChatGPT users are seriously upset and it’s not at all clear yet whether Altman’s promises will make up for it. Because it’s not just 4o that people are clamoring for.
“I woke up this morning to find that OpenAI deleted 8 models overnight. No warning. No choice. No ‘legacy option.
