GPT-5 Launch Meets With Praise, User Pushback and Price Wars

CEO Altman Promises Fixes to 'Way Dumber' Performance, Transparency Amid Glitches Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • August 11, 2025

When OpenAI unveiled GPT-5, the company promised a smarter, faster AI at a bargain price, but day-one glitches prompted some users to call for a return to GPT-4. The company's CEO apologized for the problems as OpenAI cut its pricing model and set up a potential large language model price war.

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GPT-5's public debut wasn't the victory lap OpenAI might have hoped for. During a Reddit Ask Me Anything on Friday, Altman and the core GPT-5 team fielded questions from ...