OpenAI brings GPT-4.1 to ChatGPT but drops an older model

OpenAI is rolling out GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini to ChatGPT, the company said on X Wednesday. The company says that these updates improve the ChatGPT experience for both free and paid users.

GPT-4.1 is faster and better at coding and following instructions than the older GPT-4o. It is now available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers. Meanwhile, GPT-4.1 mini is coming to everyone, both free and paid users. That’s why OpenAI is removing GPT-4.0 mini from ChatGPT for all users.

OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 isn’t a new model; it was launched last month

OpenAI first released GPT-4.1 and its mini model back in April for developers using the API. However, ChatGPT users only get access now. When OpenAI launched GPT-4.1 in April, some AI researchers criticized the company.

They said OpenAI didn’t share a safety report with this update. OpenAI responded by saying GPT-4.1 isn’t a major leap over previous models. It doesn’t need the same safety checks as more advanced models.

In a post on X, OpenAI’s head of safety, Johannes Heidecke, noted:

GPT-4.1 doesn’t introduce new modalities or ways of interacting with the model, and doesn’t surpass o3 in intelligence. This means that the safety considerations here, while substantial, are different from frontier models.

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Besides rolling out GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini to ChatGPT, OpenAI promised to share safety check results more often. The company launched a new Safety Evaluations Hub. This hub will publish these results and updates regularly moving forward. The goal is to be more open about how safe these models are.