--- title: "OpenAI Is Reportedly About to Release GPT-5" description: "After years of waiting, it looks like OpenAI is finally going to release GPT-5, combining the capabilities of its several models." date: "2025-07-25" modified: "2025-07-25" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-reportedly-releasing-gpt5" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "OpenAI" tags: - "gpt-5" - "OpenAI" - "the digest" --- # OpenAI Is Reportedly About to Release GPT-5 ![After years of waiting, it looks like OpenAI is finally going to release GPT-5, combining the capabilities of its several models.]() *\Image: Andrew Harnik / Getty / Futurism\* ## Save the Date OpenAI's release of GPT-5 might be right around the corner. Citing sources familiar with the matter, [*The Verge* ]()[reports]() that the ChatGPT maker now expects to release the highly anticipated upgrade to its large language model as soon as early August, following several recent [delays]() — and for power users, an unbearable years-long wait. OpenAI has been [dropping hints]() about GPT-5 [since 2023](), but its development has been troubled, with [reports]() of persistent technical problems and exorbitant costs. CEO Sam Altman has remained slippery on the issue. In April, he [said](), after announcing a delay, that GPT-5 would release in a "few months." In a tweet last week, he was even vaguer: GPT-5 would come "soon," he said. It now appears to actually be happening. Along with the new reporting, several users have [spotted]() GPT-5 being [tested in the wild](), the *Verge* noted, in a sign that developers are putting the finishing touches on the LLM before a public release. ## All-Rounder Altman has framed GPT-5 as a major stepping stone towards building an artificial general intelligence, or [AGI](), a vaunted industry goalpost that describes a system that reaches or exceeds humanlike intelligence, with the ability to perform a wide variety of tasks. That's because GPT-5 will combine, or at least will aim to combine, the capabilities and specializations of OpenAI's different models. Until now, its models with"reasoning" capabilities, like o3, have been packaged separately from its more general-purpose models like GPT-4.1, which do not have reasoning capabilities. Recently, Altman [celebrated]() that the company achieved "gold medal-level" math performance with a general-purpose reasoning system, but clarified that this was through an experimental model, and that we shouldn't expect these capabilities in GPT-5 when it releases, whenever that is. Altman was clear, however, about the result's significance. "This is an LLM doing math and not a specific formal math system; it is part of our main push towards general intelligence," he wrote on X. **More on OpenAI:** *[OpenAI Is Quietly Trying to Get More Money as It Burns Through Cash at a Staggering Pace]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()