Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’
In a Reddit AMA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted GPT-5’s new real-time model router briefly underperformed, making it seem “dumber” than GPT-4o. He promised fixes to the autoswitcher, greater transparency on which model answers queries, and is weighing a GPT-4o option for Plus subscribers. Plus users will also get double rate limits. Altman also laughed off the infamous “chart crime” in the GPT-5 launch deck and vowed to stabilize performance and keep listening to feedback.