What you may have missed about GPT-5

MIT Technology Review - AI
Aug 12, 2025 07:52
James O'Donnell
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Summary

OpenAI released GPT-5 last Thursday, with CEO Sam Altman describing its advanced capabilities as both awe-inspiring and daunting, comparing its development to the gravity felt by creators of the atom bomb. As major tech companies develop increasingly similar AI models, GPT-5’s launch highlights both the rapid progress and growing concerns about the societal impact of powerful AI systems.

Before OpenAI released GPT-5 last Thursday, CEO Sam Altman said its capabilities made him feel “useless relative to the AI.” He said working on it carries a weight he imagines the developers of the atom bomb must have felt. As tech giants converge on models that do more or less the same thing, OpenAI’s new…