#Keep4o: Users Protest OpenAI's Plan to Retire GPT-4o

A small but vocal user movement is pushing back against OpenAI's decision to phase out GPT-4o, revealing surprising emotional attachment to a specific model's personality.

A grassroots campaign under the hashtag #keep4o has emerged in response to OpenAI's plans to retire GPT-4o, with users like @ai_in_the_room describing the move as "ripping this personal, intimate tool out of our hands." The language is striking — users aren't complaining about capability regressions. They're mourning a personality.

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