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The Arrival of OpenAI GPT-5 May Be Just Around the Corner
The Arrival of OpenAI GPT-5 May Be Just Around the Corner
Updated: April 23 2024 21:47
The AI community is ablaze with speculation about OpenAI's next-gen language model, GPT-5. Ever since Meta unveiled its powerhouse Llama 3 (with an even beefier 400B version on the way), and OpenAI itself started dropping cryptic hints, the rumor mill has gone into overdrive. As the successor to the revolutionary ChatGPT and GPT-4, expectations are sky-high for this new language model.
OpenAI launched GPT-4 in March 2023 as an upgrade to its most major predecessor, GPT-3, which emerged in 2020 (with GPT-3.5 arriving in late 2022). Last November, OpenAI released GPT-4 Turbo, which lowered inference costs of OpenAI's best AI model dramatically but has been plagued with accusations of "laziness" where the model sometimes refuses to answer prompts or complete coding projects as requested. OpenAI has attempted to fix the laziness issue several times. Here, we'll delve into the latest news and updates surrounding GPT-5, including insights from OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman.
What We Know So Far
Fanning the flames of speculation, OpenAI recently shared a series of cryptic images on their social media platforms. These visuals prominently featured the number 22, causing a frenzy of online sleuthing. A CEO, who had the opportunity to preview GPT-5, praised it as “exceptionally good” and a “significant improvement.” OpenAI showcased the capabilities of this new model using scenarios and data specific to his company. The CEO also alluded to additional features of the model that are yet to be released, such as the deployment of AI agents currently under development by OpenAI to autonomously execute tasks.
When inquired about the launch date of GPT-5 and the report to the representatives of OpenAI, they chose not to comment specifically. However, they shared a portion of the transcript from Sam Altman’s recent participation in the Lex Fridman podcast.
Lex Fridman(01:06:13) So when is GPT-5 coming out again? Sam Altman(01:06:15) I don’t know. That’s the honest answer. Lex Fridman(01:06:18) Oh, that’s the honest answer. Blink twice if it’s this year. Sam Altman(01:06:30) We will release an amazing new model this year. I don’t know what we’ll call it. Lex Fridman(01:06:36) So that goes to the question of, what’s the way we release this thing? Sam Altman(01:06:41) We’ll release in the coming months many different things. I think that’d be very cool. I think before we talk about a GPT-5-like model called that, or not called that, or a little bit worse or a little bit better than what you’d expect from a GPT-5, I think we have a lot of other important things to release first.
A Quantum Leap: What Sam Altman Revealed
While OpenAI has remained characteristically tight-lipped on specific functionalities, Sam Altman, their CEO, has offered some juicy nuggets during public speeches. He's gone on record stating that GPT-5 will be materially better than its predecessor, ChatGPT, and will come out sometime in mid-2024. The exact nature of these improvements remains shrouded in mystery.
Early this year, Sam Altman took the stage at the Bill Gates Unconfuse Me podcast, sharing his vision for the future of AI and, more specifically, GPT-5. He revealed that GPT-5 will surpass its text-based limitations, incorporating multimodal features that enable it to process and generate images, videos, speech, image, code, and music.
Additionally, Altman hinted at GPT-5's enhanced ability to understand context, nuance, and human intuition, allowing it to tackle complex tasks with unprecedented accuracy. He also mentioned that OpenAI has made significant strides in optimizing GPT-5's architecture, enabling it to process vast amounts of data while reducing computational costs.
GPT-5 Expanded Training Dataset
OpenAI has allegedly expanded its training dataset to include a vast array of sources, including books, articles, and websites, to improve GPT-5's knowledge base and accuracy. Furthermore, rumors suggest that GPT-5 will introduce novel architecture and training methods, such as the use of diffusion models and hierarchical prompting. OpenAI has also emphasized its commitment to developing GPT-5 with robust safety and security features to mitigate potential risks and biases.
The Pressure is On from Meta Llama 3
Meta’s Llama 3, now available in both 8B and 70B pretrained and instruction-tuned versions, has been integrated into Meta AI, Meta’s intelligent assistant1. It excels at language nuances, contextual understanding, and complex tasks like translation and dialogue generation. With enhanced scalability and performance, Llama 3 can handle multi-step tasks effortlessly. It has been trained on two recently announced custom-built 24K GPU clusters on over 15T token of data, a training dataset 7x larger than that used for Llama 2.
With the success of Meta’s Llama 3, the pressure is on for OpenAI to deliver a competitive product. The AI community is eagerly awaiting the release of GPT-5, and it will be interesting to see how it compares to Llama 3 in terms of performance and capabilities.
Beyond the Hype: Potential Applications
Regardless of the exact release date, GPT-5's potential applications are mind-boggling. Here are some of the potential applications:
Revolutionizing Content Creation: Imagine AI that can tailor content to specific audiences, generate scripts for personalized educational experiences, or even craft compelling marketing copy that resonates deeply with target demographics.
Enhanced Human-Computer Interaction: GPT-5 could pave the way for natural language interfaces that are more intuitive and nuanced, allowing for seamless communication between humans and machines.
Scientific Research Acceleration: The model's ability to process and analyze vast amounts of data could significantly accelerate scientific discovery across various fields.
Art and Entertainment Redefined: Imagine AI that can collaborate with artists on musical compositions, generate interactive narratives for video games, or even create photorealistic images based on mere textual descriptions.
Stay Tuned: The Future Beckons
Whether GPT-5 graces us with its presence today or not, one thing is certain: its release will be a pivotal moment in AI history. With its potential for advanced text generation, multimodal capabilities, and a plethora of groundbreaking applications, GPT-5 has the potential to reshape our world in ways we can only begin to imagine. I'll be keeping a watchful eye on OpenAI's channels and reporting back the moment any official news surfaces.
Brief History of OpenAI GPT Releases
Apr 11 2024 - ChatGPT: The new GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid ChatGPT users. It’s improved capabilities in writing, math, logical reasoning, and coding.
Apr 01 2024 - ChatGPT: You can use ChatGPT instantly, without needing to sign-up.
Apr 01 2024 - DALL·E: You can edit images you create with DALL·E.
Mar 29 2024 - Voice Engine: OpenAI announced Voice Engine, which uses text input and a single 15-second audio sample to generate natural-sounding speech that closely resembles the original speaker.
Mar 03 2024 - Read Aloud: Read Aloud allows ChatGPT to read the answers it generates aloud using an AI-generated voice.
Feb 15 2024 - Sora: OpenAI introduced Sora, an AI model that can create realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions.
Jan 26 2024 - GPT: A new preview model for GPT-4 Turbo, gpt-4-turbo-preview, has been introduced. The latest GPT-4 model is intended to reduce cases of “laziness” where the model doesn’t complete a task.
Jan 10 2024 - GPT Store: OpenAI has announced the GPT Store to help you find useful and popular custom versions of ChatGPT.
Nov 30 2023 - OpenAI: Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board.
Nov 21 2023 - Voice: ChatGPT with voice is now available to all free users.
Nov 17 2023 - OpenAI: Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI; Sam Altman departs the company.
Nov 06 2023 - GPTs: OpenAI has introduced GPTs, customizable versions of ChatGPT you can tailor for specific tasks and share. Learn how these new AI assistants work.
Nov 06 2023 - GPT-4 Turbo: OpenAI Announces GPT-4 Turbo, DALL-E 3 API, Assistants API, and More.
Oct 06 2024 - DALL-E 3: DALL-E 3 Is Now Available In ChatGPT.
Aug 01 2023 - GPT-5: OpenAI has filed a new trademark application for “GPT-5”.
July 21 2023 - ChatGPT Android: OpenAI Announced ChatGPT for Android.
July 06 2023 - GPT-4 API: GPT-4 is Now Generally Available: What You Need to Know.
July 06 2023 - Code Interpreter: Code Interpreter will be available to all ChatGPT Plus users.
May 19 2023 - ChatGPT For iOS: OpenAI has released an official ChatGPT app for iOS.
Mar 14 2023 - ChatGPT Plugins: OpenAI implemented initial support for plugins in ChatGPT.
Mar 14 2023 - GPT-4 Release: OpenAI announced GPT-4 a large multimodal model (accepting image and text inputs, emitting text outputs) that exhibits human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks.
Feb 07 2023 - Google Bard: Google presents its own AI chatbot called Bard, which is similar to ChatGPT.
Feb 07 2023 - Bing ChatGPT: Reinventing search with a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge, your copilot for the web.
Feb 01 2023 - ChatGPT Plus: OpenAI launched a pilot subscription plan for ChatGPT. The new subscription plan, ChatGPT Plus, will be available for $20/month.
Nov 30 2022 - ChatGPT Release: OpenAI released a model called ChatGPT, which interacts in a conversational way.
Mar 15 2022 - GPT-3.5 Release: OpenAI released GPT-3.5.
June 11 2020 - GPT-3 Release: OpenAI released GPT-3. GPT-3 contained even more parameters (around 116 times more than GPT-2), and was a stronger and faster version of its predecessors.
June 11 2020 - OpenAI API: OpenAI released an API for accessing new AI models.
Nov 05 2019 - GPT-2 1.5B Release: OpenAI’s releasing the largest version (1.5B parameters) of GPT-2 along with code and model weights.
July 22 2019 - Microsoft: Microsoft invests in and partners with OpenAI to support them building beneficial AGI.
Feb 14 2019 - GPT-2 Release: OpenAI trained a large-scale unsupervised language model which generates coherent paragraphs of text, achieves state-of-the-art performance on many language modeling benchmarks.
June 11 2018 - GPT Release: Improving language understanding with unsupervised learning.
