Secretly Degrading Users Models

A recent tweet from an OpenAI team member revealed that the company degrades user models when an account is deemed to have suspicious activity. This practice is causing significant frustration and emotional distress among users. Many report experiencing excellent results with "frontier level intelligence Astra 6" only to find their models suddenly degraded to an "AI SLOP Express Turbo Model" without any notification. Users are calling on Sam Altman to address these concerns and improve transparency.

This report is the first to highlight user frustration and emotional distress over OpenAI's unannounced model degradation, moving beyond mere performance complaints.