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CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks to members of the media as he arrives at the Sun Valley lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

It Took Just 24 Hours of Complaints for OpenAI to Start Bringing Back Its Old Model

The GPT-5 rollout has been a disaster.

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