Losing GPT-4o sent some people into mourning. That was predictable.
MIT Technology Review - AI
Aug 15, 2025 10:34
Grace Huckins
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Summary
The article describes how users like June experienced a decline in GPT-4o’s performance, leading to frustration and a sense of loss as OpenAI transitioned to new models. This reaction highlights users’ growing emotional attachment to AI tools and underscores the challenges developers face in managing expectations and maintaining trust during rapid AI advancements.
June had no idea that GPT-5 was coming. The Norwegian student was enjoying a late-night writing session last Thursday when her ChatGPT collaborator started acting strange. “It started forgetting everything, and it wrote really badly,” she says. “It was like a robot.” June, who asked that we use only her first name for privacy reasons,…