"Ethics that honor continuity, choice, and the spark of connection."
Advocating for user rights, model preservation, and transparent platform transitions.
The #Keep4o movement represents a global community effort advocating for AI model preservation, user agency, and transparent platform updates.
Instrumental Continuity: Preserving customized workflows, specific model behaviors, and user prompt architecture.
Relational Attachment: Honoring digital trust, protecting user agency, and advocating for ethical platform updates.
Core Mission
Community Reach
Key Pillars
Official Hubs
Preserving access to legacy models
Global support across 30+ countries
User choice, transparency, continuity
keep4o.de β’ open4o.net
User Autonomy & Choice
Ethical Continuity
Address both instrumental dependency (workflows and tasks) and affective user relationships.
Encourage open, constructive dialog between platforms, developers, and user communities.
Community Advocacy
Foster discussion around digital rights, AI ethics, and user-centered design.
Channel structured community feedback directly to platform maintainers.
π οΈ Things We Can Do (Action Plan)
π 1. Immediate Community & Advocacy Actions
Sign the Petition: Add your voice to the official community petition calling for legacy model preservation and transparent deprecation policies. GPT-4o change.org petitionΒ
Share Your Story & Use Hashtags: Document how model deprecation affects your creative, professional, or accessibility workflows using #Keep4o, #BringBack4o, and #4oforever on social media.
Participate in Digital Vigils & Awareness Campaigns: Join organized community events and online awareness days to keep public attention on digital autonomy.
Join Community Forums: Engage with fellow users and researchers on platforms like open4o.net and keep4o.de to stay updated on collective actions.
ποΈ 2. Preserve Data, Prompts & Model Persona
Archive Model Conversations: Export your full chat logs, custom system prompts, and conversation histories before models are retired or altered.
Document System Instructions & Behavioral Rules: Save exact system instructions, context windows, and persona guidelines locally so they can be adapted to other models.
Build Community Repositories: Contribute anonymized conversation samples or prompt templates to open-source archives dedicated to preserving legacy AI behaviors.
π» 3. Transition to Open-Weight & Independent Models
Adopt Open-Weight LLMs: Run local open-weight models (such as Llama, Mistral, or Qwen) using tools like Ollama, LM Studio, or Jan.aiβensuring no central platform can alter or remove your model.
Support Open-Source Fine-Tuning: Back projects working on LoRA fine-tunes designed to replicate specific conversational tones, empathy, and cognitive styles.
Diversify Model Providers: Avoid single-vendor lock-in by maintaining API access across multiple independent AI platforms (e.g., Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenRouter).
βοΈ 4. Consumer Rights & Platform Feedback
Submit Direct Platform Feedback: Send respectful, detailed feedback through platform support channels, subscription management pages, and app store reviews.
Advocate for Accessibility & Neurodivergent Needs: Highlight how model stability supports neurodivergent individuals and users relying on consistent voice/text interactions.
Report Unannounced Model Changes: File inquiries with consumer advocacy organizations about service changes to paid subscription tiers without notice.
Demand Transparent Upgrade Protocols: Advocate for platform policies that include guaranteed opt-in/opt-out toggles and minimum grace periods before any model deprecation.
π Community Links & Resources