GPT-5 Launches with Major Improvements but Still Not Replacing Humans
So, OpenAI has just rolled out its latest update to ChatGPT – the much-anticipated GPT-5 – and the company is calling it a pretty big leap forward. It’s available right now to all of ChatGPT’s users, which, according to OpenAI, is around 700 million people each week. That’s huge. But even with all the advancements, the company has made it clear: GPT-5 still isn’t ready to replace human jobs.
At the launch event, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, described the new model as a “significant step” toward achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI. That’s the idea of creating an AI system that can outperform humans at most economically valuable work. But as exciting as that sounds, Altman was very clear that GPT-5 isn’t quite there yet. In his words, it’s “missing something quite important”—actually, “many things quite important.” One major limitation he pointed out is that GPT-5 can’t continuously learn from new experiences or real-time input after it's been deployed, which is a key trait most people expect from AGI.
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That said, GPT-5 is still a massive upgrade. It’s better at writing creatively, coding complex software, and catching factual mistakes – those annoying “AI hallucinations” that past versions were known for. OpenAI also said it’s less sycophantic now, meaning it won’t just blindly agree with users, which had become a real issue. One of the team leads even said it's noticeably better at pushing back when needed without sounding robotic or dismissive.
In a demo, GPT-5 was shown generating hundreds of lines of working code in seconds and even building things like a French language learning app. Altman compared earlier versions of ChatGPT to a high school or college student, while GPT-5, he said, is like having a PhD-level expert in your pocket.
There's also been a push to make the chatbot more useful in practical scenarios. It can now access services like Gmail, Google Calendar, and your contacts—if you let it—and it’s becoming smarter about handling health-related questions too. OpenAI made sure to emphasize that it’s not a substitute for medical or psychological professionals, but it can help flag potential concerns more proactively.
And of course, as always, some of the most advanced features will be behind a paywall. While a limited version of GPT-5 is available for free, users on the $200-a-month Pro plan will get unlimited access.
So, is GPT-5 the future of work? Not quite yet. But it’s definitely a powerful new tool—and one more step down the road toward AI that could someday work alongside (or even instead of) us.
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