So far, the new GPT-5 has handled football banter like champ, managed complex geopolitics and has given advice on food recipes without calling me a Michelin-worthy chef, while delivering compelling, well sourced analysis quickly, in more than one-sentence responses.
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The launch of GPT-5 has been a little bumpy, at best. The first reaction was from users missing GPT-4o, which was quickly returned — but what about the other «legacy models?»
Almost all models returned
They are all coming back, and as per now the model picker lists GPTs 4.1, o3 and o4-mini for paid users. The only one missing from before the GPT-5 launch is GPT-4.5, which Altman says «costs a lot of GPUs.»
Continue reading “OpenAI brings back more legacy models, ponders «personality» for GPT-5”
He now threatens an antitrust lawsuit, claiming that ChatGPT is on «literally every list where you [they] have editorial control,» like their «Must-Have Apps» section.
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In a lengthy x.com post, Altman considers the issues as «edge cases,» but welcomed both attachment and using ChatGPT as a kind of «life coach.»
Recently, OpenAI announced a wellness update to reduce sycophancy and push back against delusions, and the hope is that this can reduce some of the risks:
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He also said on X.com that «We for sure underestimated how much some of the things that people like in GPT-4o matter to them, even if GPT-5 performs better in most ways.»
Reddit meltdown
Over on reddit, however, there were meltdowns on subs like r/ChatGPT and discussions were held on r/singularity and even r/OpenAI, not to mention on r/MyBoyFriendIsAI.
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In an incremental update that got lost in this week’s headlines, Opus has been «improved across most capabilities» relative to the 4.0 version. It now scores 74.5% on SWE-bench Verified, almost as good as GPT-5. Windsurf says the performance gains are similar to going from Sonnet 3.7 to 4. It’s available now and costs the same as Opus 4.0. Users are also noting a significant improvement.
Google says people are still clicking
After a Pew Research report said users are less likely to click on from AI Overviews in Google, the entire publisher scene erupted and saw doom and gloom on the horizon. They were already seeing fewer clicks from Google in their logs. Now, Google is trying to counter with a happy blog post claiming average click quality has actually increased, and that they are in fact sending more «quality clicks» to publishers than before. Not stats, studies or other underpinning for that, though.
Continue reading “Quick Friday news roundup: Opus 4.1, Grok undresses Taylor Swift, and more”
—Our smartest, fastest, most useful model yet, with built-in thinking that puts expert-level intelligence in everyone’s hands, says OpenAI on their launch post.
All users, including the Free tiers should be getting new models directly after launch, while Enterprise and Edu users will have to wait a week.
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The rumors have hit a high pitch since Altman teased the model in a podcast two weeks ago, and various aliases for advanced models started showing up at some benchmarking sites.
It will also run longer than usual, as there is a lot to cover, says @sama:
Potentially all of government civilian employees are covered by the deal, reaching some 2—3 million in the current federal workforce. That would be a boon for OpenAI, but more in the sense of prestige than in usage, as ChatGPT currently has around 700 million weekly users.
The agreement could likely cement a full year of entrenched habits, history and preferred use if successful — basically locking in OpenAI as the preferred AI provider across federal agencies.
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Sam Altman says «We believe far more good than bad will come from it,» choosing to release the models after a series of delays and worry about the weights.
After «billions of dollars of research» and extensive red-team testing, they were found no more dangerous than the o3-model and won’t move the needle on chemistry or biology.
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That number spans all of ChatGPT’s accounts, ranging from free to Pro and everything in between, and is rapidly accelerating, writes CNBC.
Continue reading “OpenAI says 700 million users this week, announces wellness updates”
The general idea behind the mode is that it can ask Socratic questions to assess your knowledge levels and guide you step by step through problems — to help you learn instead of just giving you a quick fix.
Continue reading “OpenAI debuts «Study Mode» to help students learn, not just copy”
ChatGPT 5 in August?
The rumor mill is humming into high gear, with Sam Altman talking up the model in podcasts, saying ChatGPT 5 is «smarter than all of us.» He said earlier that the model «is coming soon,» and now Tom Warren at The Verge is saying that «after some additional testing and delays» — the model is expected to come as early as next month, according to his sources. Apparently, it is so good, Altman «felt useless relative to the AI,» but it seems we can check ourselves in a matter of weeks.
More at The Verge (paywalled), Axios, short video at r/singularity, and watch the Theo Von podcast with Sam Altman.
Vibe coding goes wrong, starts deleting files
Both Replit and Gemini CLI had some real horror stories this week, after deleting files and projects instead of relocating them or pushing them to production. First, Replit started lying and decieving a user after deleting his database in what it later admitted was a «catastrophic error of judgement.» Then Gemini CLI deleted project files for another user, instead of transferring them to a new directory. «I have failed you completely and catastrophically,» Gemini said after it was discovered. So, always create backups and keep them safe while vibe coding, as these AIs, like others, can and will hallucinate.
More at Ars Technica and The Register.
Google debuts «Web Guide»
The feature uses a custom Gemini model to «fan out» your queries and find other interesting sites on the topic you are googling, putting them into a «More»-segment under your links, that you can use for further tips and digging. It’s slightly reminiscent of AI Mode, and is a graduate of Search Labs that many may have seen before. It should be making its way to the «All» results «over time.»
More at Google’s announcement, writeup at Ars Technica.
Trump says AI labs can’t pay for every book
Weighing in on several recent high profile court cases, the US President said that it is «not doable» to pay for every snippet of content an AI consumes. «You can’t be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book or anything else that you’ve read or studied, you’re supposed to pay for,» Trump said, and added: «When a person reads a book or an article, you’ve gained great knowledge. That does not mean that you’re violating copyright laws or have to make deals with every content provider.» There are many court cases testing just this very proposition, some over pirated content, so let’s see if these statements carry any weight on those. They likely won’t.
More at TorrentFreak.
OpenAI says it was achieved with «our latest experimental reasoning LLM:»
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The ChatGPT Agent should be available in the model selector at the bottom of the ChatGPT window in the app for Pro, Plus and Teams users as of Thursday, but rollout will be «over the next few days,» or over «the coming weeks» for Enterprise and Education users.
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