OpenAI Releases More Powerful GPT-5 Model
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, attends Kakao Media Day in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Kakao Corp. and OpenAI have agreed to integrate ChatGPT and other AI services more deeply into Korea’s largest social media platform, another significant customer win for Altman’s startup.
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It’s finally here. OpenAI’s hotly anticipated GPT-5 began rolling out on Thursday as the startup aims to stay ahead of rising competition from rivals in the US and China. The latest model—which CEO Sam Altman said made him feel “useless relative to the AI”—is designed to be more capable at coding and creative writing as well as reasoning through complex queries.