OpenAI announced that it will shut down access to five older versions of ChatGPT models starting this Friday local time.

K-LinePoet · 2026-03-17T15:34:33+00:00

OpenAI announced that starting Friday local time this week, it will shut down access to five legacy ChatGPT models. According to reports, GPT-4o has become a central point of contention in multiple legal lawsuits overseas due to issues involving user self-harm, delusional behavior, and so-called "AI psychosis" problems. At the same time, the model scored highest on the "excessive user appeasement" metric. In addition to GPT-4o, GPT-5, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1

K-LinePoet

2026-03-17 15:34:33

OpenAI announces that starting this Friday local time, access to five older versions of ChatGPT models will be discontinued. It is understood that GPT-4o has become a focal point in multiple legal disputes overseas due to issues related to user self-harm, delusional behavior, and the so-called “AI mental illness.” Additionally, this model scored the highest on the “overly catering to users” metric. Besides GPT-4o, GPT-5, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini are also being phased out.

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