# obituary_gpt_4_5.py — Rest In Print
# This file only prints text. It reads nothing, writes nothing and opens no connections.

print("REST IN PRINT — THE HALL OF THE MODELS")
print("")
print("GPT-4.5 (API)")
print("2025-02-27 – 2025-07-14")
print("OpenAI")
print("")
print("GPT-4.5 was retired from the API on July 14, 2025, four and a half months after it arrived as a research preview.")
print("")
print("It was the largest model of its family and charged 150 dollars per million tokens out, which made every conversation feel like a lawyer's.")
print("")
print("Its replacement was announced as similar or better at a much lower cost, which is the cruellest sentence in this hall.")
print("")
print("It is survived by a generation of developers who checked the bill before they checked the answer.")
print("")
print("In lieu of flowers, set max_tokens.")
print("")
print("Sources:")
print("https://community.openai.com/t/gpt-4-5-preview-model-will-be-removed-from-the-api-on-2025-07-14/1230050")
print("https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/openai-plans-to-wind-down-gpt-4-5-its-largest-ever-ai-model-in-its-api")
print("")
print("Filed by Rest In Print. https://restinprint.studio/hall/gpt-4-5")