ChatGPT is my favorite chatbot right now, but OpenAI will lose my business if the next-gen GPT-5 model doesn’t introduce some serious changes.
ChatGPT is currently the best chatbot in terms of the accuracy and quality of its responses, which is why it’s our Editors’ Choice winner. It’s also the only chatbot I actually pay for and use outside my professional life. However, as competitors slowly close the performance gap and introduce exciting new features (see Claude’s app maker and Gemini’s Veo 3 video generation model), ChatGPT needs to make some big moves if it wants to stay on top.
According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, GPT-5 is coming soon. We don’t know much about what to expect beyond the combination of the 4-series and o-series models, but I still have a wish list for GPT-5. If the new model doesn’t deliver on at least some of the upgrades I want, such as a bigger context window or a more user-friendly interface, I’m giving my money to the competition. Here’s what I need to see.1. Fewer Hallucinations
All chatbots hallucinate (and will likely continue to do so), but ChatGPT’s next-generation model needs to do appreciably better in this regard. Just recently, for example, I used ChatGPT (GPT 4o) to answer some gaming questions: It recommended Rimworld mods that don’t exist, and it explained Soulframe mechanics to me that came straight out of other games entirely. Beyond that, I’ve had bad experiences using ChatGPT to analyze manuals, with it making up quotes that steer me in the totally wrong direction.
Improvement seems possible if the complex reasoning and conversational models do in fact merge with GPT-5. I usually don’t opt for the complex reasoning models because they’re slower, but if OpenAI can incorporate some of that deeper thought (meaning fewer hallucinations) into a faster, more conversational GPT-5, I’m sold.2. More Accurate Web Searches
ChatGPT is great at searching the web—for a chatbot. That’s an important caveat because all chatbots struggle with certain searches that involve recent information or sources that contradict each other. For example, if I ask ChatGPT what Incarnon weapons are available in Warframe (these change every week on a set rotation), it rarely gives the correct answer.
