GPT-5 is Coming: Why is Sam Altman Concerned?

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ChatGPT, which has secured a top spot in the AI agenda, has once again become the center of attention with its new model and expanded responsibilities. Throughout 2025, the much-anticipated model was repeatedly rumored to arrive “this week,” but in early August, the hints finally became much clearer.

GPT-4, released in March 2023, was groundbreaking for its time. Over the past two years, ChatGPT has steadily improved its learning capabilities with successive updates, introducing the GPT-4.5, o3, and o4 series to the tech world.

In the first week of August 2025, OpenAI finally launched the long-discussed gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b (open-weight) models. Unlike proprietary systems such as GPT-4, these versions offer greater transparency about how they work and open opportunities for academic researchers and developers.

However, GPT-5 marks the beginning of a new era—so advanced it’s enough to make CEO Sam Altman anxious. This model will:

  • Introduce enhanced reasoning abilities.
  • Manage large projects and complex conversations without losing track.
  • Remember project details persistently, eliminating the need for repeated reminders, and offer a stronger “content memory.”
  • Operate seamlessly across text, visuals, and audio, with more sophisticated cross-modal capabilities.
  • Automate workflows more efficiently, making repetitive tasks far easier to complete.

In a podcast appearance in July 2025, Altman remarked, “There are moments in the history of science where you have a group of scientists look at their creation and just say: ‘What have we done?’”—stressing that GPT-5 will be unlike any model before it. Looking back, GPT-4’s capabilities may soon feel outdated.

It’s worth noting that ChatGPT still retains certain shortcomings. Hallucinations—presenting information that isn’t entirely accurate—remain possible to some extent. And while ChatGPT is the most widely recognized AI tool, competitors like Google Gemini 2.5 and Anthropic’s Claude 4, released in May 2025, are advancing rapidly, especially for long-form instructions and software development tasks.

We eagerly await how GPT-5 will shape the AI transformation and redefine OpenAI’s stance against its competitors. At Venture Vibe, we aim not just to be observers of this transformation, but active contributors to the conversation. Soon, we’ll share exclusive content on GPT-5’s applications, use cases, and its potential impact on the freelance and entrepreneurial world.