ChatGPT's GPT-4 model retires soon - some users can continue to access it

Maria Diaz/ZDNET When ChatGPT first gained popularity in 2022, GPT-3.5 was the default model. In March 2023, the more advanced GPT-4 replaced it. Since then, both models have been lapped by a much more capable GPT-4o, which will soon replace GPT-4. Also: ChatGPT will remember everything you tell it now - like a real personal assistant On Thursday, OpenAI updated its ChatGPT release notes to announce that GPT-4 was being retired from ChatGPT and fully replaced by GPT-4o starting April 30. In the changelog, OpenAI said that GPT-4o consistently outperformed its predecessor in writing, coding, and STEM in head-to-head evaluations. Retiring this model won't be much of a loss, as GPT-4o's release in May 2024 was a major upgrade. The "o" in GPT-4o stands for Omni and refers to the model's multimodal features. These features allow it to understand text, audio, image, and video inputs and output text, audio, and images, greatly expanding upon what GPT-4 could do. Since then, GPT-4o has con ... Read full article.