Throughout a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 workforce have been peppered with questions in regards to the new mannequin and requests to convey again its earlier mannequin, GPT-4o.
Additionally they requested Altman about essentially the most embarrassing — and maybe funniest — snafu within the presentation, the “chart crime.”
One of many new options that GPT-5 rolled out is a real-time router that decides which mannequin to make use of for a selected immediate, both responding rapidly or taking extra time to “suppose” via solutions.
However a number of folks within the AMA on the r/ChatGPT Reddit complained GPT-5 wasn’t working as properly for them as 4o did. Altman mentioned the rationale GPT-5 appeared “dumber” was the router wasn’t working correctly when it was rolled out Thursday.
“GPT-5 will appear smarter beginning at the moment. Yesterday, we had a sev and the autoswitcher was out of fee for a piece of the day, and the consequence was GPT-5 appeared approach dumber. Additionally, we’re making some interventions to how the choice boundary works that ought to enable you get the proper mannequin extra typically. We’ll make it extra clear about which mannequin is answering a given question,” Altman promised.
Nonetheless, folks on the AMA lobbied so exhausting to convey 4o again for Plus subscribers that Altman promised to a minimum of look into that. “We’re wanting into letting Plus customers to proceed to make use of 4o. We are attempting to assemble extra information on the tradeoffs,” he wrote.
And Altman additionally promised, “We’re going to double fee limits for Plus customers as we end rollout.” This could give folks an opportunity to play and be taught the brand new mannequin, undertake it to their use instances with out fear of working out of month-to-month prompts.
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Predictably, he was additionally requested in regards to the wildly inaccurate chart the workforce offered through the stay presentation that rapidly turned the butt of many “chart crime” jokes. The chart offered a decrease benchmark rating with a a lot taller bar.
Altman didn’t reply questions in regards to the chart through the AMA, however on Thursday he did name the chart a “mega chart screwup” on X. Others famous the charts within the revealed weblog submit have been right.
However the injury was carried out. Jokes ensued about utilizing GPT for charts in a company presentation. GPT-5 reviewer Simon Willison, who had early entry and usually appreciated the mannequin’s efficiency, additionally identified that turning information right into a desk was “good instance of a GPT-5 failure.”
In any case, Altman promised fixes to the objects that appeared to concern folks essentially the most. He ended the AMA with a promise: “We’ll proceed to work to get issues steady and can maintain listening to suggestions.”
