OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been vague about the release date of the new model, stating that it will be released this year but not confirming what it will be called. He also mentioned that the company has other important releases planned before GPT-5. Altman refused to comment on OpenAI's secretive Q* project, which was linked to an attempted coup last November that led to his temporary dismissal.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has been demonstrating GPT-5, the next generation of its large language model (LLM), to prospective buyers who have been impressed with the improvements over the previous model.
- OpenAI is planning a summer launch for GPT-5, but it's still being trained and needs to be 'red-teamed' to identify and fix potential vulnerabilities.
- There have been complaints about the degradation of GPT-4, and it's hoped that the release of GPT-5 will address these issues.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been vague about the release date and name of the new model, and has also refused to answer questions about OpenAI's secretive Q* project.