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- PCWorld reports that OpenAI is discontinuing several older ChatGPT models including GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini on February 13th.
- This change affects users who haven’t upgraded to GPT-5.2, though OpenAI claims most users have already transitioned to the newer model.
- The retirement streamlines ChatGPT’s offerings, leaving users with fewer but more advanced AI models for their interactions.
You’ll soon have fewer AI models to choose from when conversing with ChatGPT. OpenAI recently announced that it’ll soon be discontinuing several of the AI chatbot’s older GPT models.
In two weeks—on Friday, February 13th—OpenAI will remove the GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini models from ChatGPT. The retirement of these older models is unlikely to affect most users, with OpenAI claiming that most users have shifted over to GPT‑5.2 (and GPT-4o only being used by 0.1 percent of users on a daily basis).
This isn’t the first time the AI company has discontinued GPT-4o. The AI model was replaced in August last year by GPT-5, but OpenAI brought it back after user backlash. Criticism from that fiasco is said to have shaped the development of the company’s latest AI models.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.
Author: Kristian Kask, Contributor, PCWorld
Kristian is passionate about gadgets and gaming and mainly writes news for our sister sites, M3 and PC for Alla. He also tests products, mainly game accessories, and translates articles from the Foundry network.