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OpenAI Sets August Release for Unified GPT-5 as Google Shifts Toward AI Assistants

OpenAI’s next-generation model integrates multimodal, memory and reasoning capabilities into size variants, expanding its agent platform into payments as Google overhauls its core search business

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Overview

  • Sam Altman confirmed that GPT-5 will debut in August, marking OpenAI’s move to consolidate its advanced AI offerings into one release.
  • GPT-5 will unify multimodal inputs, persistent memory and advanced reasoning in a single model, with mini and nano variants tailored to different user needs.
  • OpenAI is extending its ChatGPT Agent capabilities with in-chat payment pilots and plans to take commissions on commercial transactions.
  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a strategic pivot from browser-based search toward proactive, personalized AI assistants and new subscription offerings.
  • Google reports 450 million monthly visits to its Gemini app but acknowledges ChatGPT’s lead in daily engagement and is advancing its Project Mariner agent prototype to compete.