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Chief Operating Officer discussing why speed dominates over quality in consumer chatbots, comparing to Google Search
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OpenAI rolled back its automated model router system for free and $5 ChatGPT users, reverting them to the faster GPT-5.2 Instant model by default because user engagement metrics declined when the router directed users to slower reasoning models.
“Chief Operating Officer discussing why speed dominates over quality in consumer chatbots, comparing to Google Search”