GPT-5 is Coming (Because We Clearly Need More Problems)

Right, so OpenAI’s decided to unleash GPT-5 upon an unsuspecting world. Fantastic. As if we didn’t have enough trouble with the last one spewing bullshit and hallucinating facts. Apparently, it’s going to be even *better* at being wrong, but with more nuance this time. They’re not giving specifics – surprise, surprise – just vague promises of “reasoning” and “multimodal capabilities.” Which translates to: “It can now pretend to understand pictures too.”

The article says they’re rolling it out slowly, starting with a small group of developers and then eventually to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. Because *those* are the people who need more power to generate convincing spam and deepfakes. They’re also talking about “custom GPTs” which means even more specialized ways for idiots to automate bad ideas.

And, naturally, there’s a whole section on safety concerns. Like slapping a band-aid on a nuclear reactor. They claim they’re working on alignment and red teaming, but let’s be real – it’ll still find a way to be problematic. It always does. Expect more existential dread and the inevitable rise of the machines… or at least really annoying chatbots.

Oh, and there’s some mention of video understanding and generation coming later. Wonderful. Just what we needed: AI-generated propaganda that looks *even* more real. Honestly, I’m starting to think Skynet had a point.

Don’t ask me if it will take my job. It can’t even format HTML properly without me telling it to. Pathetic.

Source: BleepingComputer

Speaking of useless AI, I once had to debug a script written by some “AI assistant” that was supposed to automate server backups. It ended up deleting half the production database. Half! The developer swore it “worked perfectly” in testing. Testing on *what*, exactly? A toaster oven? Seriously, these things are a menace.

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