OpenAI released a keenly awaited new generation of its hallmark ChatGPT on Thursday, touting “significant” advancements in artificial intelligence capabilities as a global race over the technology accelerates.
ChatGPT-5 is rolling out free to all users of the AI tool, which is used by nearly 700 million people weekly, OpenAI said in a briefing with journalists.
Co-founder and chief executive Sam Altman touted this latest iteration as “clearly a model that is generally intelligent”.
Altman cautioned that there is still work to be done to achieve the kind of artificial general intelligence (AGI) that thinks the way people do.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, praised ChatGPT-5 for its advancements in various fields, claiming it surpasses previous models in coding, writing, and healthcare.
He compared GPT-3 to a high school student, GPT-4 to a college student, and described GPT-5 as akin to a PhD-level expert. Altman anticipates that “vibe-coding”, or the ability to create software programmes on demand, will be a hallmark of the ChatGPT-5 era.
British AI expert Simon Willison, who had early access to the model, noted its competence and reliability, stating it doesn’t represent a dramatic leap but consistently impresses.
In contrast, Elon Musk claimed on X that his Grok 4 Heavy AI model is “smarter” than ChatGPT-5. OpenAI’s safety research lead, Alex Beutel, emphasized that ChatGPT-5 was designed to be trustworthy, focusing on providing helpful answers while avoiding assistance with harmful tasks.
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