The #Keep4o Revolt: OpenAI Users Organize Against GPT-4o Retirement as GPT-5.3 Codex Launches
A growing user movement is protesting OpenAI's plan to retire GPT-4o on February 13, with some users threatening legal action — even as the company simultaneously ships GPT-5.3 Codex to strong early reviews.
OpenAI's decision to retire GPT-4o next week has sparked an organized backlash under the hashtag #keep4o, with users across X, Reddit, and YouTube rallying to preserve access to the model. As @ai_handle documented, "support for GPT-4o is massive" across platforms. The protest has escalated beyond social media complaints: @t_yonemura announced plans to send a formal legal notice (内容証明, a Japanese certified letter with legal standing) to OpenAI's Japan subsidiary, on behalf of both their company and individual researchers.
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