1. OpenAI Retires GPT-5 as Claude Opus 4.6 Claims Crown as World Most Capable AI Model
So OpenAI just retired GPT-5. Yep you read that right. The model everyone was hyping as the next big thing Gone. According to their release notes GPT-5 both Instant and Thinking versions got the axe as of February 2026. They also retired GPT-4o GPT-4.1 and o4-mini. Pretty much the entire legacy lineup wiped out. But he...