--- title: "OpenAI Reportedly Looking to Release GPT-5 This Summer" description: "OpenAI has apparently been demonstrating GPT-5, the next generation of its notorious large language model, to prospective buyers." date: "2024-03-21" modified: "2024-03-21" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-gpt-5-release" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Future Society" - "OpenAI" tags: - "gpt-5" - "OpenAI" - "sam altman" - "the digest" --- # OpenAI Reportedly Looking to Release GPT-5 This Summer ![OpenAI has apparently been demonstrating GPT-5, the next generation of its notorious large language model, to prospective buyers.]() *\Image: Justin Sullivan via Getty / Futurism\* ## CEO Eyes Only OpenAI has apparently been demonstrating GPT-5, the next generation of its notorious large language model (LLM), to prospective buyers — and they're very impressed with the merchandise. "It's really good, like materially better," one CEO [told *Business Insider*]() of the LLM. That same CEO added that in the demo he previewed, OpenAI tailored use cases and data modeling unique to his firm — and teased previously unseen capabilities as well. According to *BI*, OpenAI is looking at a summer launch — though its sources say it's still being trained and in need of "red-teaming," the tech industry term for hiring hackers to [try to exploit]() one's wares. That last part is important because, as the same website [reported just shy of a year ago](), GPT-4 had a major race problem prior to being "red-teamed" by OpenAI's expert exploiters. Despite OpenAI's seemingly laissez-faire attitude about the LLM's unscheduled release date, however, complaints about GPT-4's [apparent degradation]() have been stacking up in [recent months]() as the model turns a year old. Folks within the company, *BI*'s sources say, are hopeful that the release of GPT-5 and introduction of its impressive capabilities will quell those grumblings. Indeed, even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has taken to trashing his company's latest publicly available model in a [lengthy and wide-ranging interview]() with MIT researcher-cum-podcaster Lex Fridman. "I think it kinda sucks," the firm co-founder told Fridman of GPT-4. https://youtu.be/NwyygnK8sLA ## TBA In that same interview, the podcaster asked Altman if he could provide a ballpark release date, to which the CEO gave some rather cryptic answers. "We will release an amazing new model this year," Altman said. "I don’t know what we’ll call it." When Fridman pushed, Altman expounded — sort of. "We’ll release in the coming months many different things," he continued. "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." During the same interview, Altman notably also [refused to answer any questions]() about OpenAI's secretive Q\* project, which was said to be linked to the attempted coup last November which saw him sacked and subsequently rehired — and which makes the vagueness surrounding GPT-5, or whatever it's going to be called, all the stranger. **More on open questions:** *[OpenAI Says Sora Video Generator May Allow Nudity]()* ## 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]()