OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’ - The Guardian

By Anonymous User · February 13, 2026

OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’  The GuardianInside OpenAI’s Decision to Kill the AI Model That People Loved Too Much  The Wall Street JournalWhy GPT-4o had to go  PlatformerOpenAI is officially killing GPT-4o and users are freaking out (again): 'People are in absolute crisis'  Business InsiderOpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model  TechCrunch