It's totally fair! The thinking paradigm is part of the progress we've seen! GPT-5 w/o thinking is not frontier, GPT-5 Thinking/Pro is. That's like saying GPT-3 vs. GPT-4 isn't a fair comparison because a post-trained GPT-3 might be closer than vanilla GPT-3.
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OpenAI GPT-5 Coding Examples Showcase Released
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Shoutout to the folks at @OpenAI who contributed creative ideas, and especially to @seratch and @kagigz for curating them and building this showcase in record time! Prompts and examples on GitHub: https://
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GPT-5 dominates reasoning model usage with fifty percent market share
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When viewed as a model family, this adoption is even more pronounced. The aggregated share of GPT-5 and its variants – mini (8%) and nano (5%) – accounts for 50% of the reasoning model usage across the platform over the past 24-hours. (2/5)
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OpenAI dominance ends: dozens of incremental models flood market
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No. In short, OpenAI was the only serious game in town from GPT-3 -> GPT-4 release. Post-GPT-4, there have been dozens (hundreds?) of incremental model releases from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc. etc. GPT-3 -> GPT-4 felt so drastic because we didn't see much in-between
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Safe AI Claims vs Reality: Corporate Strategy Critique
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To win the AI race, attract top talent by trumpeting that your mission is safe superintelligence and then quietly forget about the safe part.
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OpenAI Model Early Access: Honest Review and Performance Analysis
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I was not paid by OpenAI. I was just given access to the model in advance to try it out and share my honest thoughts. Read my full review (find it in my feed). you’ll see that I’m not 100% happy with the model. But it is really great at some things!
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OpenAI doubles GPT-5 rate limits for ChatGPT Plus users
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GPT-5 rollout updates: *We are going to double GPT-5 rate limits for ChatGPT Plus users as we finish rollout. *We will let Plus users choose to continue to use 4o. We will watch usage as we think about how long to offer legacy models for. *GPT-5 will seem smarter starting
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OCR Conjecture: Evidence OpenAI Scanned Books for Training
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the OCR conjecture: some examples include artifacts such as OCRV ROOT, which indicate the training data may have been reading between the lines: OpenAI is scanning books (for some reason the model loves mentioning how many deaf people live in Malaysia)
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GPT-5 Launch: Cost, Speed, Context Impact for Leaders
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GPT-5 launched yesterday. I had early access and here’s what stood out to me, and how I’d be thinking about it as a business leader right now. Three words: Cost. Speed. Context. Cost → Cheaper than o3, way cheaper if you use Nano/Mini. I do not recommend slashing budgets.
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Sam Altman Announces GPT-4o Return for Plus Subscribers
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Sam Altman just announced a change in policy, GPT-4o will be coming back, at least for Plus ($20/month) users