The Future is Here: Introducing GPT-5
Good morning!
Thirty-two months ago, we launched ChatGPT, and it quickly became the default way people interact with AI. In its very first week, one million people tried it out. Fast-forward to today, and over 700 million people use ChatGPT every week — for work, learning, advice, creativity, and so much more.
Now, we’re taking a huge step forward. Today, we’re launching GPT-5 — a major upgrade over GPT-4 and a significant step along our path toward AGI.
GPT-5 is useful, smart, fast, and intuitive. But it’s more than just a conversational partner — it can do things for you. Whether it’s building an entire computer program from scratch, creating visualizations, or tackling deep reasoning tasks, GPT-5 is designed to give you the perfect balance between speed and thoughtfulness.
We’re making GPT-5 available starting today for free, Pro, and Team users, with Enterprise and EDU coming next week.
For the first time, our most advanced model will be available to free-tier users. Free users will begin with GPT-5 and switch to GPT-5 Mini once they hit their limit — a smaller but still highly capable model that outperforms GPT-3.5 in many areas. Pro subscribers get unlimited GPT-5, plus Pro Extended Thinking for more detailed and reliable responses.
Seeing GPT-5 in Action
We showcased GPT-5’s capabilities across multiple domains — coding, education, visualization, and gaming.
From Physics Lessons to Interactive Demos
Suppose your child is learning about the Bernoulli effect in middle school physics. You could ask GPT-5 for a refresher, and it would instantly give a high-quality explanation. But you can go further — asking it to create a moving SVG demo in Canvas.
In under two minutes, GPT-5 wrote nearly 400 lines of code to build an interactive simulation where you can adjust airspeed and angle of attack to see lift and pressure changes in real time.
A French Learning Web App in Minutes
One demo request:
“Please build a beautiful, highly interactive web app for my partner, an English speaker, to learn French.”
In minutes, GPT-5 produced a complete app — “Midnight in Paris” — with flashcards, quizzes, and a game based on the classic Snake, but with a mouse chasing cheese. The app tracked progress, revealed answers, and even introduced French vocabulary mid-game.
A 3D Castle Game — From Scratch
In another demo, GPT-5 created a 3D castle environment with patrolling guards, cannons that fire on click, and NPCs you can chat with. It even included a balloon-popping mini-game complete with sound effects — all from a short text prompt.
Voice, Vision, and Creativity for Everyone
GPT-5 also brings major upgrades to voice interactions:
Natural, human-like voices
Vision integration — it can see what you see and respond accordingly
Fluent translation between languages
Custom voice GPTs — tailored to your needs and style
Free users can now chat for hours, while Pro subscribers get nearly unlimited voice access.
And yes, GPT-5 can even stick to quirky instructions — like answering only in one word.
The GPT-5 Era
Working with GPT-5 feels different — it’s faster, more creative, and more capable across a wide range of fields: math, physics, law, coding, education, and entertainment.
This is frontier intelligence, for everyone. Whether you want to learn a concept, build an app, create a game, or have an intelligent conversation, GPT-5 is ready to help.
The GPT-5 era starts today — and we can’t wait to see what you create.
Source: CNET. (2025, August 7). OpenAI unveils GPT-5: Everything announced at OpenAI’s Summer update in 12 minutes [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H9pIAXkELw