"GPT-5 Set for Release as Early as Next Month"

OpenAI and Microsoft Preparing Server Capacity
Integration of Inference Model "O Series" Expected

The new model of ChatGPT, a frontrunner in generative artificial intelligence (AI), is expected to be released as early as next month.

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On the 25th (local time), the IT-specialized media outlet The Verge reported that engineers at Microsoft (MS), OpenAI's largest partner, are preparing to increase server capacity for GPT-5. OpenAI security experts are conducting intensive testing procedures.

GPT-5 was originally scheduled for release in May, but its launch has been delayed due to additional testing. GPT-5 is expected to be the next-generation large language model (LLM) that powers ChatGPT. Rather than a single AI model, it is predicted to be an AI that integrates different models to perform a variety of functions. In particular, OpenAI has been developing a separate inference model called the "O series." GPT-5 is anticipated to be the first model in which the inference model is integrated.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recently stated via social networking services (SNS) that "GPT-5 will be released soon." Earlier this week, he appeared on a podcast and introduced some of GPT-5's features. He shared an anecdote in which he gave GPT-5 a question he did not understand himself, saying, "I put it into the model, and it gave a perfect answer," and added, "I thought, 'This is it.'"

This model is being released amid intensifying AI development competition, as Elon Musk's AI company xAI unveiled its latest AI model "Grok 4" on the 9th, and Facebook's parent company Meta has begun developing "superintelligent AI" that surpasses human intelligence. Previously, Musk described Grok 4 as "at a PhD level or higher in all academic subjects" and said it "excelled at all the reasoning benchmarks that people usually test."

However, some observers suggest that the delayed release of GPT-5 and the underwhelming performance of Meta's "Llama 4," introduced in April, may indicate that AI growth is entering a period of stagnation.