OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman has confirmed the company currently has no plans to train a new GPT-5 version in the immediate future.
After OpenAI introduced its latest GPT-4 language model in March, the company’s CEO and co-founder, Sam Altman has confirmed that there are currently no plans to train a new GPT-5 version in the immediate future.
Prior reports have suggested that the development of GPT-5 is already underway. However, Altman recently spoke at an event at MIT and addressed the open letter and petition that has been circulated among the tech community calling for OpenAI to halt the progress of language models beyond GPT-4. The letter, which has been published on the Future of Life Institute website has been supported by several technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and Andrew Yang, among others.
The letter details concerns about the safety of AI systems as they advance and asks that the training of future versions be paused by at least six months.
