OpenAI has deployed the next generation of ChatGPT, claiming the new model as its smartest and fastest yet as it takes the fight to rivals including Meta Platforms and Google.
In a statement, OpenAI confirmed GPT-5 will be available to 700 million users which are using ChatGPT weekly, as powerful AI becomes “more deeply interwoven into the way we live and work”.
ChatGPT Team customers can access GPT-5 from 8th August, while those using its Enterprise and Education offerings will be able to use it next week. The model is also available in the OpenAI API.
The company said its latest model exceeds its own prior breakthroughs in frontier intelligence, across reasoning features, agents and advanced capabilities.
It arrives as organisations including SoftBank Corp and T-Mobile have begun to arm their workforces with AI, with 5 million paid users utilising its ChatGPT business products, explained OpenAI.
The race to AGI
Speaking during a press briefing, Sam Altman said using GPT-5 felt for the first time like one of its mainline models “has felt like you can ask a legitimate expert, a PhD level expert, anything”.
However, while stating the model was a significant step forward towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) Altman admitted GPT-5 was still missing key requirements required for a system to be able to do human jobs.
“It is missing something quite important, many things quite important,” highlighting the system is unable to continuously learn.
At the end of July, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined his plan to use the company’s AI resources to create personal superintelligence to help humanity accelerate its progress, while rival Google on Tuesday unleashed a “world model”, representing its latest push towards AGI.
OpenAI is also facing competition from the likes of Elon Musk’s X with its Grok model and Apple this week has put out strong messages around ramping its AI offering.
Source: Mobile World Live
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