Official Launch & Availability
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Release Date: OpenAI officially launched GPT-5 on August 7, 2025.
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Access: Available to all users—free users get access to standard usage, while Pro subscribers (~$200/month) enjoy unlimited access and higher usage limits.
Capabilities & Improvements
Advanced Reasoning & Multimodal Skills
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GPT-5 introduces step-by-step reasoning, enhancing accuracy across tasks like programming, math, and complex analysis.
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It’s multimodal, capable of processing text, images, video, and audio, with an improved context capacity (over a million tokens).
Dynamic Model Selection
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The system intelligently selects between standard, mini, and nano versions based on task complexity, eliminating the need for manual model switching.
Paid users benefit from higher usage thresholds.
Enhanced Usability & Safety
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GPT-5 integrates more deeply as an AI assistant, with features like Gmail and calendar integration, customizable personalities, and improved emotional intelligence.
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Safety enhancements aim to reduce hallucinations, sycophancy, and provide better handling of sensitive user interactions.
Why This Matters
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A leap toward AGI? Sam Altman framed GPT-5 as a significant step on the path toward artificial general intelligence—though it’s not AGI itself.
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Performance & Growth: ChatGPT usage surged to 700 million weekly active users, reinforcing its widespread adoption.
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