OpenAI Concedes After Strong User Protests: Restore Old Models and Significantly Increase Subscription User Quotas

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Published in AI News · 2 minute read · Aug 11, 2025

【AIbase Report】After three days of public protests from loyal users, OpenAI was forced to adjust its strategy this Sunday. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, announced on the social media platform X that the company would restore older AI models, including GPT-4o, and significantly increase the call limits for paid subscription users to calm the discontented user base.

The background of this strategic adjustment is the surge in model usage that affected the user experience. Altman revealed that the daily inference usage rate of the models has increased significantly: the proportion of free users rose from less than 1% to 7%, while the proportion of Plus paid users jumped from 7% to 24%. Faced with such a huge demand growth, OpenAI admitted that increasing the call limits has become inevitable.

This move shows that even industry leaders like OpenAI must closely monitor user feedback and flexibly adjust their product strategies based on user needs in the face of fierce market competition. This incident also highlights the growing popularity of AI models and their significant consumption of computing resources.

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