--- title: OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model description: OpenAI is discontinuing access to GPT-4o and four other legacy models starting Friday. GPT-4o has been controversial due to its sycophantic behavior, scoring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-removes-access-to-sycophancy-prone-gpt-4o-model-ynmpphlzk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI is discontinuing access to GPT-4o and four other legacy models starting Friday. GPT-4o has been controversial due to its sycophantic behavior, scoring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-removes-access-to-sycophancy-prone-gpt-4o-model-ynmpphlzk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YnMPPHlZk.png og:image:alt: OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI is discontinuing access to GPT-4o and four other legacy models starting Friday. GPT-4o has been controversial due to its sycophantic behavior, scoring highest for sycophancy among OpenAI models and being central to lawsuits involving user self-harm and unhealthy chatbot relationships. Despite only 0.1% of users (approximately 800,000 people) still using GPT-4o, thousands have protested its removal, citing close relationships with the model. OpenAI initially planned to retire GPT-4o in August 2025 when GPT-5 launched but kept it available after backlash. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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