Recently, during an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival, OpenAI CEO Altman candidly shared the progress and challenges in the development of GPT-5.
He emphasized that despite the team's confidence in the project, the path to GPT-5 is still long and fraught with unknowns. "We are currently optimistic, but the development work remains arduous and challenging," he said, revealing a desire for technological breakthroughs tempered with caution.
Regarding the specific release date of GPT-5, Altman did not provide a definitive answer, but he did not hesitate to describe the grand vision for this future model: "GPT-5 will be a significant leap, outperforming its predecessor GPT-4 in multiple dimensions." He further pointed out that although GPT-4 has demonstrated formidable capabilities, it still has many shortcomings, such as unstable reasoning and frequent low-level errors, which Altman finds "embarrassing" and has further motivated the team to pursue excellence with GPT-5.
More recently, OpenAI's Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati's remarks have provided the public with additional clues about GPT-5. She revealed that GPT-5 is expected to be unveiled between the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026, and is expected to achieve doctoral-level intelligence in specific tasks, a prediction that undoubtedly paints an exciting picture for the future development of artificial intelligence technology.
The imminent arrival of GPT-5 not only marks OpenAI's continuous efforts in the field of large language models but also heralds another potentially disruptive leap in artificial intelligence technology.