OpenAI Accused of Silently Downgrading Models
ns123abc · x · 2026-07-13
A post highlights accusations against OpenAI: new models were "silently downgraded" shortly after release without official notice until the community raised questions.
The core controversy is that users believed they were paying for the launch-day model experience, but the actual version they used might no longer match the one from the initial benchmarks and evaluations.
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