OpenAI launched GPT-5 during a live-stream, claiming it improves reasoning, writing, and accuracy. However, users expressed frustration over losing access to previous models, reporting shorter responses and less personality, leading to concerns about the downgraded experience.
OpenAI says the new model is better at reasoning, writing, coding, accuracy, health-related queries, and more, while having significantly fewer hallucinations (making stuff up that isn’t true). The GPT-5 release started rolling out to users soon after the launch announcement, and the biggest change so far has been bidding adieu to previous OpenAI models.
OpenAI was employing GPT-4o to handle normal queries while o3 or o4 mini handled tasks involving reasoning abilities. However, with the GPT-5 rollout, OpenAI has removed the model picker option from ChatGPT, and users can no longer choose which model they want to use like before โ leading to frustration among social media users.
