Throughout a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 workforce had been peppered with questions concerning the new mannequin and requests to convey again its earlier mannequin, GPT-4o.
In addition 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 rapidly or taking extra time to “suppose” via 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 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 present. Yesterday, we had a sev and the autoswitcher was out of fee for a bit 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 aid you get the precise mannequin extra usually. We are going to make it extra clear about which mannequin is answering a given question,” Altman promised.
Nonetheless, individuals on the AMA lobbied so exhausting to convey 4o again for Plus subscribers that Altman promised to at the least look into that. “We’re trying 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 charge limits for Plus customers as we end rollout.” This could give individuals an opportunity to play and study the brand new mannequin, undertake it to their use instances with out fear of operating out of month-to-month prompts.
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Predictably, he was additionally requested concerning the wildly inaccurate chart the workforce offered through the dwell presentation that rapidly grew to become 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 concerning 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 printed weblog submit had been right.
However the harm was executed. Jokes ensued about utilizing GPT for charts in a company presentation. GPT-5 reviewer Simon Willison, who had early entry and customarily 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 gadgets that appeared to concern individuals essentially the most. He ended the AMA with a promise: “We are going to proceed to work to get issues steady and can hold listening to suggestions.”
