Microsoft prepares for OpenAI’s GPT-5 model
Microsoft engineers are currently readying server capacity for OpenAIas upcoming GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 models, according to a source familiar with the companyas plans. While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged recently that GPT-4.5 will launch within a matter of weeks, I understand that Microsoft is expecting to host the new AI model as early as next week.
Codenamed Orion, GPT-4.5 is OpenAIas next frontier model and the companyas last non-chain-of-thought model. OpenAI has already teased that GPT-4.5 could be a lot more powerful than GPT-4, but the company is also looking ahead to its GPT-5 model that will include more significant changes.
Iam told that Microsoft is expecting GPT-5 in late May, which aligns with Altmanas promise of the next-gen model arriving within a matter of months. As always, this date could shift if release plans change. We reported in October that OpenAI was originally planning to release GPT-4.5 by the end of 2024, but this was subsequently delayed to early 2025.
GPT-5 will likely be the more significant release out of the pair, and Altman has referred to it as a asystem that integrates a lot of our technology.a It also includes OpenAIas new …