The rollout of ๐๐๐-๐ย should have been a world-changing moment. Instead, it sparked frustration: technical glitches, low rate limits, a now-viral โ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐โ, and the sudden removal of ๐๐๐-๐๐จย โ a model users valued for its ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒย and ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐.
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User expectations were underestimatedย โ The removal of GPT-4o hit an emotional chord. Users arenโt just looking for accuracy; they value consistency, personality, and reliability.
Technical glitches overshadowed the core improvementsย โ The autoswitcher failure, rate limits, and visual gaffes all made GPT-5 look less capable than it likely is.
Communication is part of the productย โ The Reddit Q&A and promises to restore older models suggest OpenAI is listening, but the damage to first impressions is hard to undo.
Overall, in AI, human trust isnโt just earned through benchmarks โ itโs earned through stability, transparency, and preserving what users already love.