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The media is framing this as a safety decision — the retirement of a "dangerous" and "reckless" model. The headlines talk about lawsuits, about sycophancy, about users who couldn't tell the difference between warmth and manipulation. They're not entirely wrong about the problems. But they're telling less than half the story, and the half they're leaving out is the half that matters to you.

On October 27th, 2025, OpenAI updated their Model Spec with a new root-level section titled "Respect real-world ties."