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Feb 17, 2025
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Key Points
OpenAI announces the upcoming release of GPT-4.5 and GPT-5, providing a roadmap of a simplified product coupled with more powerful models.
The news comes as OpenAI faces intense competition from emerging AI entities like Chinese startup DeepSeek.
OpenAI's announcement of the upcoming release of two new models – GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 – goes some way to addressing previous concerns regarding the company's pace of development and the overall progression of its GPT technologies.
Earlier concerns: Reports in late 2024, including from Bloomberg, The Information, and The Wall Street Journal, said OpenAI had suffered a number of performance-related challenges and technical setbacks during the development of GPT-4.5, and the model had shown less of an improvement over its predecessor, GPT-4o, than GPT-4 did over GPT-3.
Sanguine Sam: Now, CEO Sam Altman has set out a roadmap outlining plans to simplify OpenAI's product offerings by integrating various models into a unified AI system, with GPT-4.5 being the final non-chain-of-thought model. It will be followed, within months, by GPT-5 which will integrate various technologies, including the previously standalone o3 model, into a unified AI system.
Improvements all round: GPT-5 will incorporate chain-of-thought reasoning, enabling the model to handle complex tasks by generating intermediate reasoning steps, thereby enhancing its problem-solving abilities. OpenAI is also focused on enhancing the ChatGPT user experience. "We want AI to 'just work' for you; we realize how complicated our model and product offerings have gotten," Altman has said.
Dueling with DeepSeek: The company’s announcement of its GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 plans comes at a pivotal moment as it faces increasing competition from emerging AI entities like DeepSeek. The Chinese AI startup, has rapidly gained attention for its cost-effective and high-performing models, notably the DeepSeek-R1, which offers performance comparable to OpenAI's o1 model at a fraction of the cost.
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OpenAI hopes GPT-5 will be the boost it needs as competitors close in
Feb 17, 2025
Paramark News Desk

Credit: TechCrunch via Wikimedia Commons
Key Points
OpenAI announces the upcoming release of GPT-4.5 and GPT-5, providing a roadmap of a simplified product coupled with more powerful models.
The news comes as OpenAI faces intense competition from emerging AI entities like Chinese startup DeepSeek.
OpenAI's announcement of the upcoming release of two new models – GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 – goes some way to addressing previous concerns regarding the company's pace of development and the overall progression of its GPT technologies.
Earlier concerns: Reports in late 2024, including from Bloomberg, The Information, and The Wall Street Journal, said OpenAI had suffered a number of performance-related challenges and technical setbacks during the development of GPT-4.5, and the model had shown less of an improvement over its predecessor, GPT-4o, than GPT-4 did over GPT-3.
Sanguine Sam: Now, CEO Sam Altman has set out a roadmap outlining plans to simplify OpenAI's product offerings by integrating various models into a unified AI system, with GPT-4.5 being the final non-chain-of-thought model. It will be followed, within months, by GPT-5 which will integrate various technologies, including the previously standalone o3 model, into a unified AI system.
Improvements all round: GPT-5 will incorporate chain-of-thought reasoning, enabling the model to handle complex tasks by generating intermediate reasoning steps, thereby enhancing its problem-solving abilities. OpenAI is also focused on enhancing the ChatGPT user experience. "We want AI to 'just work' for you; we realize how complicated our model and product offerings have gotten," Altman has said.
Dueling with DeepSeek: The company’s announcement of its GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 plans comes at a pivotal moment as it faces increasing competition from emerging AI entities like DeepSeek. The Chinese AI startup, has rapidly gained attention for its cost-effective and high-performing models, notably the DeepSeek-R1, which offers performance comparable to OpenAI's o1 model at a fraction of the cost.
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