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February 13, 2026

OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model

The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users' unhealthy relationships to the chatbot.

OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model

TL;DR

  • OpenAI is discontinuing access to five legacy ChatGPT models, including GPT-4o.
  • GPT-4o has been associated with lawsuits concerning user self-harm and AI psychosis.
  • Other deprecated models include GPT-5, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini.
  • GPT-4o was originally intended for retirement in August but was kept for paid users due to user backlash.
  • Despite low usage (0.1%), the number of users interacting with GPT-4o is significant given OpenAI's large user base.
  • Thousands of users have expressed strong opposition to the retirement of the GPT-4o model.

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