OpenAI CEO Sam Altman anticipates GPT-5 as a “significant leap forward” over GPT-4, which occasionally “goes off the rails” with mistakes even a six-year-old wouldn’t make
GPT-5 will sport better capabilities and performance, but we’ll have to wait a tad longer for it to ship to general availability.
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There’s been a lot of hype around OpenAI launching itsmuch-anticipated GPT-5 model. Many users expected the ChatGPT maker to ship the AI model during its Spring Update event. However, the company launcheda new flagship GPT-4o model, described as magical by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
But as it now seems, we might have to wait a tad longer. Ina broad interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Sam Altman talked about developing “GPT-5” (viaThe Decoder).
We don’t know yet. We are optimistic, but we still have a lot of work to do on it.
While details about GPT-5’s launch date remain slim, Altman says it’ll be a “significant leap forward.” Perhaps in comparison with its predecessor, GPT-4. In the past, Altman indicatedGPT-4 “kind of sucks"and referred to the model as “mildly embarrassing at best.”
Altman further explained:
“I expect it to be a significant leap forward. A lot of the things that GPT-4 gets wrong, you know, can’t do much in the way of reasoning, sometimes just sort of totally goes off the rails and makes a dumb mistake, like even a six-year-old would never make.”
Altman’s remarks about GPT-5 suggest the long-awaited model may be in the early development phase. This can be attributed to complex algorithmic and data issues, coupled with the scale of GPT-5.
The CEO compares the development of its LLMs to the iPhone. “The first iPhone was still pretty buggy, but it was good enough to be useful for people,” added Altman.
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Everything we know about GPT-5 so far
Right off the bat, the ChatGPT maker may bemoving away from the traditional names and functions across its AI models, according to a slide shown during ChatGPT voice demos at the VivaTech conference in Paris in May.
Sam Altman’s sentiments on GPT-5 being a significant leap forward were echoed by a top executive at the company, who statedtoday’s ChatGPT will be laughably bad within the next 12 months.
GPT-4 is the dumbest model any of you will ever have to use again by a lot. It’s important to ship early and often and we believe in iterative deployment.
We might be on the verge of the biggest technological breakthrough with AI. Altman saysthe AI revolution won’t require new devices, potentially indicating that the tech will be cloud-based. Ironically, most of thenext-gen AI featuresshipping to Windows 11 viathe 24H2 releaserequiresophisticated Copilot+ PCs.
However, Altman stated “You’ll be happy to have a new device” if the revolution demands new hardware. The global PC shipment is on an upward trajectory withprojections of an 8% growth by 2025. Market analysts attribute this change toWindows 10’s imminent deathandthe emergence of AI PCs. The economy is seemingly recovering after the COVID-19 pandemic, as more people are willing to make more IT-based investments.
Elsewhere, a report suggests OpenAI is getting ready toship a new model later this year during the summerthat will reportedly make ChatGPT “really good, like materially better.”
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