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OpenAI restores GPT-4o to ChatGPT after user uproar over model removals
Bay Area Times
August 11, 2025
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1. OpenAI restores GPT-4o to ChatGPT after user uproar over model removals
ChatGPT.
Depreciating old models that users depended on was a mistake, Sam Altman acknowledged.
Thu.: GPT-5 debuted as a âunified systemâ that auto-routes queries, removing the option to choose older models like GPT-4o.
GPT-5 remains the default model on ChatGPT, though users can opt back into the older versions through the settings.
3K people signed a petition to bring GPT-4o back to ChatGPT.
âSignificantly increasing rate limits for reasoningâ for ChatGPT Plus users, Altman said.
âTrying 3,000 per week now,â Altman said when asked how many GPT-5 Thinking queries ChatGPT Plus users get.
UI changes are also coming to better indicate which model is in use.
Early GPT-5 reviews suggested underwhelming responses and disappointment among eager users.
OpenAI is still looking to spend after the GPT-5 launch and is âwilling to run the loss,â Altman said
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3. Trumpâs WLF said to plan public company to hold family token WLFI
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Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. could serve on the board of the public company.
WLF is said to be raising $1.5B to fund the new company.
The planned treasury firm is a NASDAQ-listed shell acquired by WLF, per the investor pitch.
Treasury companies allow traditional investors to trade crypto and gain exposure to its market, advocates believe.
However, many such companies are at risk of collapse as the current crypto boom subsides.
4. NVIDIA, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to U.S. government
China is one of the largest markets for NVIDIA and AMD in terms of sales:
