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 had been peppered with questions in regards to the new mannequin and requests to deliver again its earlier mannequin, GPT-4o.

Additionally 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 selected immediate, both responding shortly or taking further time to “suppose” by way of solutions.

However a number of individuals within the AMA on the r/ChatGPT Reddit complained GPT-5 wasn’t working as properly 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 right now. 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 method dumber. Additionally, we’re making some interventions to how the choice boundary works that ought to make it easier to get the best 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 laborious to deliver 4o again for Plus subscribers that Altman promised to not less than look into that. “We’re trying into letting Plus customers to proceed to make use of 4o. We are attempting to collect extra knowledge 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 individuals an opportunity to play and be taught 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 in regards to the wildly inaccurate chart the crew offered through the stay presentation that shortly grew to become 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 in regards to 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 put up had been right.

However the injury was completed. Jokes ensued about utilizing GPT for charts in a company presentation. GPT-5 reviewer Simon Willison, who had early entry and usually favored the mannequin’s efficiency, additionally identified that turning knowledge right into a desk was “good instance of a GPT-5 failure.”

In any case, Altman promised fixes to the objects 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.”