OpenAI on Thursday unveiled its new version of ChatGPT, GPT-5, with the company’s CEO Sam Altman calling it “a major upgrade” from the previous version.
“Thirty-two months ago, we launched ChatGPT. And since then, it has become the default way that people use AI. In that first week, a million people tried it out, and we thought that was pretty incredible,” Altman said in a Thursday livestream.
“But now, about 700 million people use ChatGPT every week, and increasingly rely on it to work, to learn, for advice, to create and much more. Today, finally, we’re launching GPT-5. GPT-5 is a major upgrade over GPT-4,” he continued.
According to OpenAI, the new version of ChatGPT will see advancement in areas such as coding, writing and health. For example, the company claims the new version of the tool “more reliably handles writing that involves structural ambiguity, such as sustaining unrhymed iambic pentameter or free verse that flows naturally.”
“GPT‑5 not only outperforms previous models on benchmarks and answers questions more quickly, but—most importantly—is more useful for real-world queries,” the company states on its website. “We’ve made significant advances in reducing hallucinations, improving instruction following, and minimizing sycophancy, while leveling up GPT‑5’s performance in three of ChatGPT’s most common uses: writing, coding, and health.”
In the last few years, the artificial intelligence race has consumed the tech industry, with big names like Google and Microsoft throwing their hats into the ring for the technology alongside Wall Street investment.
On Tuesday, OpenAI said it will offer ChatGPT to federal agencies for $1 every year in partnership with the General Services Administration.
The announcement followed the agency adding OpenAI’s artificial intelligence model to its government purchasing system the day before.
