GPT-4o Users Threaten Class Action as OpenAI Moves to Sunset the Model Despite Promises

OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o after CEO Sam Altman previously stated there were no plans to do so, sparking a #Keep4o movement and talk of legal action from users who built workflows around the model.

OpenAI is sunsetting GPT-4o with just two weeks' notice, directly contradicting earlier statements from CEO Sam Altman that the model would not be retired. The reversal has ignited a #Keep4o movement among users, with @Zyeine_Art arguing that Altman's prior assurances create a "basis for class action lawsuit" and calling the deprecation a breach of trust with paying subscribers.

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