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 concerning 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 rapidly or taking extra time to “assume” 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 rationale GPT-5 appeared “dumber” was the router wasn’t working correctly when it was rolled out Thursday.

“GPT-5 will appear smarter beginning right this moment. Yesterday, we had a sev and the autoswitcher was out of fee for a bit of the day, and the outcome was GPT-5 appeared manner dumber. Additionally, we’re making some interventions to how the choice boundary works that ought to provide help to get the precise 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 arduous to deliver 4o again for Plus subscribers that Altman promised to at the least look into that. “We’re wanting into letting Plus customers to proceed to make use of 4o. We try to collect extra knowledge on the tradeoffs,” he wrote.

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

Predictably, he was additionally requested concerning the wildly inaccurate chart the crew offered through the stay presentation that rapidly 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 through the AMA, however on Thursday he did name the chart a “mega chart screwup” on X. Others famous the charts within the published blog post were correct.

However the injury was finished. 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, also pointed out that turning knowledge 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 that “We’ll proceed to work to get issues secure and can preserve listening to suggestions.”