I’ve recently tried to update my production code with the latest gpt models. I tested the knowledge cutoff date for the model ‘gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14’ and I only found it to be up to Jun 2024. At least, this is the response I got when I asked a question “Who won the champions trophy 2025?”
I don’t know if this is a bug. I’m attaching the screenshot to this thread.
Hi, welcome to the forum!
Model update date is not knowledge cutoff date:
In general you should use the language model mostly as language processor and add tools to retrieve such information so that you can cope with instances where users ask questions whose answers lie beyond training dates.
I asked 4.1 nano this via my bot and it first checked the local forum then performed a web search and appears to have got the right answer. Both of those actions are facilitated by tools I’ve added explicitly in the code and passed the information about to the LLM as part of every call.
