by ZeroHedge News Staff at ZeroHedge
Updates to ChatGPT:
You can now choose between “Auto”, “Fast”, and “Thinking” for GPT-5. Most users will want Auto, but the additional control will be useful for some people.
Rate limits are now 3,000 messages/week with GPT-5 Thinking, and then extra capacity on GPT-5 Thinking…
— Sam Altman (@sama) August 13, 2025
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OpenAI has brought back GPT-4o following the rollout of their latest GPT-5 model, after users complained that the new model was lame in comparison.
The company advertised the new model as the “smartest, fastest, most useful model yet,” which uses a “real-time router” to switch between more efficient models for basic questions vs. deeper reasoning for more complex demands.
During a Reddit AMA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to a question by saying that GPT-5’s writing quality is better than previous models – only to have several Redditors say the new model felt “sterile” and “much worse” – and answered “briefly and dryly,” according to engadget.
“We for sure underestimated how much some of the things that people like in GPT-4o matter to them, even if GPT-5 performs better in most ways,” Altman posted on X:…
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