What is OpenAI's 'silent routing' controversy?
Silent routing refers to reports that OpenAI has quietly downgraded paying users and developers to cheaper, less capable models without disclosure. For consumers this feels like a bait and switch; for enterprise developers it can silently break production applications built on assumed model behavior.
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