OpenAI appears to be aggressively expanding its model offerings, now boasting 17 distinct models including 6 reasoning models, 4 flagship chat models, and 7 cost-optimized models. This outpaces competitors like Anthropic, which has only 7 models in total. However, there is skepticism in the community regarding the noticeable number of variants, with users suggesting that many of the new releases seem to be iterations of existing models rather than genuine innovations. Significant dissatisfaction is expressed over the sudden replacement of older models (like o1) without user notifications. Comments highlight a perceived trend where OpenAI's new models may underperform compared to competitors in critical benchmarks, notably in coding tasks, where Claude 3.7 is cited as the best performer. Users call for more transparency and meaningful naming conventions for models to simplify user experience and expectations amidst this rapid growth.