Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o again, and the ‘chart crime’

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 concerning the new mannequin and requests to deliver 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 shortly or taking extra time to “assume” by way of solutions.

However a number of folks within the AMA on the r/ChatGPT Reddit complained GPT-5 wasn’t working as effectively for them as 4o did. Altman stated 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 end result was GPT-5 appeared means dumber. Additionally, we’re making some interventions to how the choice boundary works that ought to allow you to get the suitable mannequin extra typically. We’ll make it extra clear about which mannequin is answering a given question,” Altman promised.

Nonetheless, folks on the AMA lobbied so arduous to deliver 4o again for Plus subscribers that Altman promised to not less than look into that. “We’re wanting into letting Plus customers to proceed to make use of 4o. We try to collect extra information on the tradeoffs,” he wrote.

And Altman additionally promised, “We’re going to double price limits for Plus customers as we end rollout.” This could give folks an opportunity to play and study the brand new mannequin, undertake it to their use instances with out fear of working out of month-to-month prompts.

Predictably, he was additionally requested concerning the wildly inaccurate chart the crew offered throughout the stay presentation that shortly turned the butt of many “chart crime” jokes. The chart offered a decrease benchmark rating with a a lot taller bar. 

Altman didn’t reply questions concerning 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 submit have been right.

However the harm was completed. Jokes ensued about utilizing GPT for charts in a company presentation. GPT-5 reviewer Simon Willison, who had early entry and usually 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 folks essentially the most. He ended the AMA with a promise: “We’ll proceed to work to get issues steady and can hold listening to suggestions.”