Overview

• OpenAI has postponed the release of GPT-5 by a few months to allow for significant improvements and better integration of multimodal capabilities.
• CEO Sam Altman confirmed the release of two intermediate models, o3 and o4-mini, in the coming weeks to bridge the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-5.
• The delay was attributed to technical challenges in unifying reasoning, language, and image generation into a single system, as well as ensuring capacity for high anticipated demand.
• GPT-5 is expected to be a fully multimodal model, eliminating the need for separate systems and offering tiered intelligence access for different subscription levels.
• This roadmap adjustment follows OpenAI's record-breaking $40 billion funding round and reflects its strategy to balance innovation with market competition.