After a week of noisy frustration, canceled subscriptions, and endless screenshots, ChatGPT quietly flipped a switch. The app now exposes a legacy model picker that lets you choose GPT-4o again. It is not a complete return to the old model buffet, but for many users this is the one choice they needed to get their workflows back on track.

The update also introduces new rate limits for GPT-5 Thinking — 3,000 messages per week, after which users will have additional capacity on GPT-5 Thinking mini.

In a surprise twist, paid subscribers can once again use several older AI models, including GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, and o3. GPT-4o is now a default option, while the others can be enabled via settings. These models were only deprecated last week, sparking user backlash that caught OpenAI off guard.