People with AI partners are looking for a ‘new home’ as OpenAI announces date to switch off ‘overly supportive’ older models
On February 13, 2026, OpenAI will be retiring a number of its LLMs from ChatGPT in favour of its most recent model, GPT-5.2. For most users, a small change. However, those who claim to be in relationships with AI companions on these older models are left looking for somewhere new to put them up. GPT-4o…