Throughout a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 crew have been peppered with questions in regards to the new mannequin and requests to deliver 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 specific immediate, both responding shortly or taking further time to “suppose” by solutions.
However a number of individuals within the AMA on the r/ChatGPT Reddit complained GPT-5 wasn’t working as effectively for them as 4o did. Altman mentioned the explanation GPT-5 appeared “dumber” was the router wasn’t working correctly when it was rolled out Thursday.
“GPT-5 will appear smarter beginning at present. 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 allow you to get the precise mannequin extra typically. We’ll make it extra clear about which mannequin is answering a given question,” Altman promised.
Nonetheless, individuals on the AMA lobbied so arduous to deliver 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 try to assemble extra knowledge 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 individuals an opportunity to play and be taught the brand new mannequin, undertake to their use instances with out fear of operating out of month-to-month prompts.
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Predictably, he was additionally requested in regards to the wildly inaccurate chart the crew offered throughout the dwell presentation that shortly turned the butt of many “chart crime” jokes. The chart offered a decrease benchmark rating with a a lot taller bar.
OpenAI’s GPT-5 ‘chart crime’Picture Credit:OpenAI
Altman didn’t reply questions in regards to the chart throughout the AMA, however on Thursday he did name the chart a “mega chart screwup” on X. Others famous the charts within the revealed weblog publish have been appropriate.
However the injury was executed. Jokes ensued about utilizing GPT for charts in a company presentation. GPT-5 reviewer Simon Willison, who had early entry and usually preferred the mannequin’s efficiency, additionally identified that turning knowledge 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 individuals essentially the most. He ended the AMA with a promise that “We’ll proceed to work to get issues secure and can preserve listening to suggestions.”
