ChatGPT-5 significant leap

San José, California (dpa) — ChatGPT developer OpenAI is launching the next generation of its software in the competition between AI companies.

“GPT-5 is a significant leap in intelligence over all our previous models,” OpenAI boss Sam Altman said in a statement on Thursday.

The previous version, GPT-4, communicates at the level of a university student. GPT-5, on the other hand, is like an expert on any subject with a PhD, Altman promised.

The ChatGPT chatbot will also run with GPT-5 for users of the free version in future.

OpenAI places a special focus on the fact that the new generation is good at programming software.

For example, the company demonstrated how GPT-5 created several variants of a web app for vocabulary training based on just a description of the functions.

The GPT-5 era will be characterized by the ability to create “software on demand,” Altman said.

The hype surrounding artificial intelligence began with the release of ChatGPT at the end of 2022.

According to OpenAI, ChatGPT currently has almost 700 million weekly users.

In addition to OpenAI, companies such as Anthropic, Elon Musk’s xAI and tech heavyweights Google and Meta are also in the race to become leaders in the future of AI.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is cooperating with OpenAI and has announced that it will integrate GPT-5 into its products. The model was trained in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.