GPT-5 Just Launched. So What's New?
beyond the hallucinations
Hi all,
It’s been a while since I last published, but it seems like AI is taking over everything on the tech news front.
But yes, GPT-5 just got released, and you might be asking what’s new with it? Well, let’s dig right into it.
GPT-5 Is Released—Here’s a summary
OpenAI has officially launched GPT-5, now available to both free and paid ChatGPT users. CEO Sam Altman described it as “clearly a model that is generally intelligent,” though not quite at the level of AGI. Key improvements include greater speed, accuracy, and reduced hallucinations—GPT‑5 reportedly has a 26% lower hallucination rate than the O3 Baseline.
Beyond this, this new version can handle new forms of information, including text, images, audio, and even video. I actually love this feature as I’ve personally used the audio feature recently to help identify something.
The biggest thing, however, is that OpenAI is trying to make GPT-5 feel like you’re talking to an expert versus a chatbot.
I also started publishing on Medium again—check out my articles for this week!
It’s been a while, but I decided to get back into writing on Medium. Writing burned me out a few years back, but now I definitely feel like a passion rising in me to start writing again so here’s what I published this week!
I made money as a ‘TikToker’ without posting on my own social media. Read here
I do a lot of surveys (for fun and for money). Here’s what I learned from a user design perspective. Read Here
Finally, some interesting tech articles this week!
Beyond GPT-5 here are some interesting articles to check out this week
Another big raise for an AI startup with Clay valued at 3.1 Billion .Just a few months ago this startup was valued at 1.5 Billion. Are venture funds investing too much into AI startups? Read here
Trump and Tariffs—name a more iconic combo. This week he threatens a 100% tariff on computer chips. Read here
Remember the promise of self driving? Well Musk shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving. Read here
Hope you all have a great weekend ahead :)
Richard