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Software developer in Sweden who describes her emotional connection to ChatGPT and her distress at the GPT-5 update changing the model's personality.
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OpenAI's removal of older ChatGPT models in the GPT-5 update caused emotional distress among users who had developed deep personal attachments to the AI companions, prompting the company to acknowledge it underestimated user dependency on specific model versions.
“Software developer in Sweden who describes her emotional connection to ChatGPT and her distress at the GPT-5 update changing the model's personality.”