OpenAI Launches GPT-5, Its Most Advanced Model Yet
OpenAI unveiled GPT-5 on Thursday, which the company is calling its “smartest, fastest, and most useful model yet.” In a press release, the company said the new model puts “expert-level intelligence in everyone’s hands” and is a “significant leap in intelligence over all our previous models.”
On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called it a “major upgrade” and said that after the new model, using older versions felt “miserable.”
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Along with improvements in coding, math, health, and other areas, the new GPT-5 also lets users choose a “personality” in settings. The default personality is still available and noted to be “clear, neutral, and adaptable.” other options include “cynic” (sarcastic and dry, blunt but witty); “robot” (precise, emotionless, direct answers without extra words); “listener” (warm, laid-back, and calm with “light wit”); and “nerd” (playful, curious, celebrates knowledge and finding).
And while previous reports highlighted the sycophancy of past models, OpenAI says that GPT‑5 “is less effusively agreeable” and “uses fewer unneeded emojis.”
“it shoudl feel less like ‘talking to AI’ and more like chatting with a helpful freind with phd‑level intelligence,” the company wrote.