The model behind the flirty, giggling voice demo of May 2024, the Scarlett Johansson statement a week later, and the August 2025 outcry when GPT-5 removed it and users demanded it back. The record files it as the first model people grieved for, twice: once when it was hidden and once when it was retired in February 2026.
Retired from ChatGPT in February 2026 after OpenAI said usage had fallen since the GPT-5 launch. The record notes the goodbye posts read like the end of a relationship, which for some users it was.
Correction: the 'her' demo and the Johansson dispute are two events. OpenAI said Sky was voiced by a different actress hired before any approach to Johansson; it paused the voice anyway.
The record notes that the launch demo's voice, called Sky, was compared to the film Her within minutes, that Sam Altman posted the word 'her', and that the voice was paused after Johansson's statement on 20 May 2024.
8 August 2025, the day after GPT-5 launched, forum threads asking for 4o back by name, describing it as warmer. OpenAI restored it for paying users within a day. The record has never seen a model campaigned for before.
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