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Axios
📅 August 12, 2025 ✍️ Ina Fried

OpenAI's GPT-5 has landed with a thud despite strong benchmark scores and praise from early testers, according to Axios technology reporter Ina Fried.

"When OpenAI released GPT-5 last week, CEO Sam Altman promised the new model would give even free users of ChatGPT access to the equivalent of Ph.D.-level intelligence. But users quickly complained that the new model was struggling with basic tasks and lamented that they couldn't just stick with older models, such as GPT-4o."

The report details how users took to social media posting examples of GPT-5 making simple mistakes in math and geography. Altman was forced into damage-control mode, acknowledging early glitches and restoring availability of earlier models.

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