OpenAI replaced GPT-4o, but some users still refuse to let it die — now they’re celebrating its ‘birthday’ in Times Square with a video billboard
- Fans of retired OpenAI model GPT-4o organized a birthday tribute for the chatbot in Times Square
- Some GPT-4o fans say newer AI models feel less emotionally natural and engaging
- The growing nostalgia around GPT-4o highlights how attached users are becoming to conversational AI personalities
OpenAI replaced GPT-4o months ago, but some users still haven’t moved on — and now they’ve taken their nostalgia offline. Fans of the retired AI model organized a real-world birthday tribute in New York’s Times Square under the Keep4oMoments banner.
The tribute consisted of a looping billboard video, fan art, emotional Reddit posts and livestreamed reactions celebrating what many still see as ChatGPT’s “golden era.”
The event marked the second anniversary of GPT-4o’s launch and highlighted the surprisingly emotional backlashthat followed OpenAI’s shift toward newer models, with some users arguing the replacements felt colder, less creative or simply “not the same.” One Reddit post summed...
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