WHO DOES YOUR ASSISTANT SERVE?

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

The release of GPT-5 was met with widespread disappointment due to its uncontrolled, one-way upgrade that altered existing conversations, especially for users relying on ChatGPT for companionship and emotional support. There's a trend of people using AI as therapists and companions, and it can be hard to have your access to a model be controlled by providers themselves. This is a case for self-hosting models when possible in order to maintain control over your access to models.