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.
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 selected 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 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 as we speak. 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 approach dumber. Additionally, we’re making some interventions to how the choice boundary works that ought to assist you to get the suitable mannequin extra usually. We’ll make it extra clear about which mannequin is answering a given question,” Altman promised.
Nonetheless, individuals on the AMA lobbied so onerous 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 are attempting to collect 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 circumstances with out fear of operating out of month-to-month prompts.
Techcrunch occasion
San Francisco
|
October 27-29, 2025
Predictably, he was additionally requested in regards to the wildly inaccurate chart the crew offered through the stay 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 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 revealed weblog publish had been appropriate.
However the harm was finished. Jokes ensued about utilizing GPT for charts in a company presentation. GPT-5 reviewer Simon Willison, who had early entry and customarily preferred 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 objects that appeared to concern individuals essentially the most. He ended the AMA with a promise: “We’ll proceed to work to get issues secure and can preserve listening to suggestions.”
