--- title: "Microsoft Says OpenAI’s Latest Blockbuster AI Is Dropping “Next Week”" description: "A German Microsoft executive, for some reason, is claiming that OpenAI will drop GPT-4, its follow-up to the powerful GPT-3, \"next week.\"" date: "2023-03-10" modified: "2023-03-10" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-openai-gpt-4" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "OpenAI" tags: - "gpt-4" - "microsoft" - "OpenAI" - "the digest" --- # Microsoft Says OpenAI’s Latest Blockbuster AI Is Dropping “Next Week” ![A German Microsoft executive, for some reason, is claiming that OpenAI will drop GPT-4, its follow-up to the powerful GPT-3, "next week."]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* *Update, March 10: A spokesperson for OpenAI has confirmed in a statement to Futurism that "OpenAI has not announced any timing for GPT-4."* ## OK... A German Microsoft executive has, for some reason, claimed that OpenAI's next large language model (LLM) will drop imminently. "We will introduce GPT-4 next week, there we will have multimodal models that will offer completely different possibilities — for example, videos," claimed Microsoft Germany CTO Andreas Braun during a digital kickoff event yesterday, [per German tech news site *Heise Online*](). According to the report, Braun didn't elaborate during the one-hour-long event, other than claiming that GPT-4 will work in "all languages" because the companies want to "make the models comprehensive." The report leaves us with plenty of questions. [Largely unfounded rumors]() surrounding OpenAI's next-generation LLM, which could lay the groundwork for the next version of ChatGPT as well, have been swirling for quite some time now. While we have, of course, reached out to both Microsoft and OpenAI to corroborate this claim, we nevertheless have to wonder: why would a Microsoft Germany executive be the one to make such an announcement, and indeed, is this even Microsoft's news to share? ## Loose Lips We'd be remiss to note that this isn't the first time in recent months that news about Microsoft and OpenAI's multi-billion-dollar partnership seems to have leaked to the press. When anonymously-cited [reports in January]() suggested that the deal was in the works, a Microsoft spokesperson was rather short when *Futurism* contacted the company for on-record confirmation. "We do not comment on speculation," the spokesperson said on January 11 — less than two weeks before [OpenAI itself confirmed the deal](). Given the somewhat strange nature of the scoop, [*Heise* journalist Silke Hahn took to Twitter]() to corroborate her story and her sources — and claims that someone from Microsoft contacted her after the story was published to thank her for it. ## Altman About It This isn't the first news we've heard about OpenAI's forthcoming language model, though what we have heard is also kind of bizarre: in a [January interview with *StrictlyVC*](), the firm's CEO, Sam Altman, quipped that people [may be disappointed by GPT-4](). Of its release date, Altman was cagey. "It’ll come out at some point," the CEO said, "when we are confident we can do it safely and responsibly." Has that point arrived? It's too soon to tell — and it seems like some German Microsoft employees may have jumped the gun. **More on Microsoft:** [*Microsoft Released an AI That Answers Medical Questions, But It’s Wildly Inaccurate*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()