A new version of ChatGPT has been launched with a claim it can provide PHD level expertise.
OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT-5, described as ‘smarter, faster, and more useful’ by OpenAI co-founder and chief executive Sam Altman.
In a news release, OpenAI said: “Today we’re introducing GPT-5, OpenAI’s smartest, fastest, most useful model yet, and a major step towards placing intelligence at the center of every business.
“GPT‑5 unites and exceeds OpenAI’s prior breakthroughs in frontier intelligence, spanning 4o, OpenAI o-series reasoning, agents, and advanced math capabilities.’
GPT‑5 delivers leaps in accuracy, speed, reasoning, context recognition, structured thinking, and problem-solving. The true magic will happen when businesses start applying GPT‑5 to imagine new use cases.
The launch of GPT‑5 also coincides with nearly 700 million people using ChatGPT weekly. Powerful AI is now more deeply interwoven into the way we live and work, and consumers’ growing ease with the technology is inspiring enterprises to provide employees direct OpenAI access for greater productivity, efficiency, and creative output.
According to Altman, the model is “significantly better” than its predecessors.
“GPT-3 sort of felt to me like talking to a high school student… 4 felt like you’re kind of talking to a college student,” he said in a briefing ahead of Thursday’s launch.
“GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert.”
The company has released a series of testimonials from customers.
Jai Malkani, Global Head of AI and Products at Uber, said: “At Uber, we’re constantly pushing the frontier of what’s possible with AI by reimagining how we serve drivers, riders, merchants, and customers in real time. GPT-5 represents a potential step-change in how we can deliver nuanced, domain-aware experiences across our global marketplace. In early testing, we’re already seeing gains in structured reasoning, conversational fluency, and overall performance, unlocking new possibilities to enhance customer interactions and support. As we continue to scale agentic systems across our platform, we’re excited to see how GPT-5 could support and accelerate that journey.”
Biotech company Amgen say: “Amgen fights the world’s toughest diseases by bringing together the best of biology and technology. We hold AI to the highest bar for scientific accuracy and quality. It’s still early, but based on our internal evaluation, GPT-5 has met that bar and is doing a better job navigating ambiguity where context matters. We are seeing promising early results from deploying GPT-5 across workflows at Amgen including increased accuracy and reliability, higher quality outputs and faster speeds compared to prior models.”
