The bumpy launch has resulted in a request by many users to return to previous, more reliable models. Early problems included issues with the real-time router, which is supposed to assess which model is best suited to address a particular prompt. Therefore, many are of the opinion that GPT-5 is failing to live up to the expectations expressed by creator and CEO Sam Altman prior to the launch. Yesterday, we had a sev and the autoswitcher was out of commission for a chunk of the day, and the result was GPT-5 seemed way dumber. “Also, we are making some interventions to how the decision boundary works that should help you get the right model more often.