ChatGPT's successor, GPT-5, has been unveiled by OpenAI, allegedly demonstrating improved intelligence all-round as claimed by its CEO Sam Altman. Here's a sneak peek into some sample prompts to stimulate exploration:
OpenAI, the leading artificial intelligence research lab, has unveiled its newest model, GPT-5, claiming it to be the "smartest, fastest, and most useful model yet." The company states that GPT-5 should feel "less like 'talking to AI' and more like chatting with a helpful friend with PhD-level intelligence."
According to OpenAI, GPT-5 brings significant leaps in accuracy, efficiency, reasoning flexibility, usability, and real-world application readiness, marking a substantial advancement in OpenAI’s language model capabilities. It is already deployed in various business workflows demonstrating improvements in quality, speed, and reliability.
One of the key features of GPT-5 is its higher accuracy and fewer hallucinations. GPT-5’s responses are about 45% less likely to contain factual errors than GPT-4o, and around 80% less likely than previous models when using the "thinking" mode, especially in complex, long-form content and open-ended factual queries.
The model also delivers better results with 50-80% fewer output tokens, meaning it reasons more efficiently while maintaining or improving performance on tasks including visual reasoning, coding, and scientific problem solving. Developers can adjust GPT-5’s reasoning effort via a new API parameter with options from to , balancing speed and quality depending on the use case. There’s also a parameter to control response length flexibly.
GPT-5 is said to put "expert-level intelligence in everyone's hands" and is a "significant leap in intelligence over all previous models" according to OpenAI. Users can choose a "personality" from settings, with options including "cynic", "robot", "listener", and "nerd".
In addition to the new language model, OpenAI is offering users the ability to create their own video game, named "Jumping Ball Runner." The goal of the game is to jump over obstacles to survive as long as possible. The characters in the game should look cartoonish and be fun to watch. The UI should be colorful, with parallax scrolling backgrounds.
OpenAI is also offering users the ability to create their own drum simulator, named "Virtual Drum Kit." The goal of the simulator is to play a drum kit using keyboard or clicks. The UI should be music-studio themed, polished, and modern. The simulator features multiple drum sounds and a record and playback mode.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described GPT-5 as a "major upgrade" and stated that using older versions feels "miserable" after the new model. He previously described AI agents as a team of "junior employees." GPT-5 is available for all users. OpenAI recommends these prompts to get started: "Do not use any prior context."
The company unveiled GPT-5 on Thursday, claiming it to be the "smartest, fastest, and most useful model yet." The default personality for GPT-5 is "clear, neutral, and adaptable". GPT-5 allows users to choose a "personality" from settings, with options including "cynic", "robot", "listener", and "nerd". It is less effusively agreeable and uses "fewer unnecessary emojis" compared to past models.
The new OpenAI model, GPT-5, is not only the "smartest, fastest, and most useful" language model yet but also showcases remarkable advancements in various business workflows, demonstrating improvements in quality, speed, and reliability. In terms of technology news, GPT-5's release marks a significant leap in artificial intelligence, putting "expert-level intelligence in everyone's hands."
