OpenAI's more powerful GPT-5 model will significantly enhance programming and creative writing abilities.

GPT-5 is set to make an appearance in a live event on Thursday, designed to enhance programming and creative writing skills, as well as the ability to reason through complex questions. During this week's press briefing, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman referred to it as a "major upgrade" to the company's previous AI models. He stated, "It feels like having conversations with experts in various fields, it's a first." OpenAI stated that with the help of GPT-5, ChatGPT can also determine when to spend more time thinking about user questions and how much time to devote. Automatically performing this operation, rather than having users choose among typical large language models and reasoning systems, can make full use of the company's computing resources and provide users with the most ideal answers. Crucially, OpenAI positions this model as particularly useful for computer programming. More and more large tech companies and startups are introducing AI assistants aimed at helping software developers with different skills speed up the writing and debugging of code, giving rise to the trend of "ambient coding." "The concept of on-demand software will be a defining factor in the new era of GPT-5," Altman said.