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OPENAI plans to “simplify” its model offers, even if it is preparing to send its latest non-seasoning model, GPT-4.5. It is a rare entry of a technological company that its product versions have not been sufficiently differentiated for customers.
OPENAI CEO Sam Altman taken at X To give updates to the product roadmap and recognize that some of the company’s recent outings have scrambled the waters.
“We want to do a better work to share our planned roadmap and a much better work simplifying our product offers,” wrote Altman. “We want AI to work simply for you; We realize how complicated our model and product offers have been. »»
Altman has taken on a particular shade against the chatgpt model selector, where users press a drop -down list to choose from the published models. The number of models that a user can choose depends on their subscription level.
Altman said that his team “hates the model picking as much as you” and would bring back “Magic Unified Intelligence”, probably referring to a single model feeding a platform. Altman said that the company planned to integrate its technology, including the O series of models, in GPT-5 when it comes out on Chatgpt and its APIs.
In the past year, Openai has published GPT-4O,, O1,, O3 and O3-Mini Models. He also launched new levels of Chatgpt subscription, including the $ 200 / month Chatgpt Pro.
In addition to all this, the company has released OperatorDeep research, chatgpt tasks and a host of other new features that are sometimes only available by specific models or paid levels.
Waiting for the release of GPT-4.5 and 5 from Openai
Altman said that OpenAi’s next stage is to publish the GPT-4.5, its latest non-chain model (COT). He was called internally Orion, although he did not explain what new capacities GPT-4.5 will have.
“After that, a higher objective for us is to unify the models of the O series and GPT series models by creating systems that can use all our tools, know when to think for a long time or not and be generally useful for a very Large range of tasks, ”said Altman.
When the company publishes GPT-5, it ceases to send O3 reasoning as an autonomous model.
OPENAI understands that some users may not need all the capacity of its new models, conceded Altman, which is why the company created a model selector in the first place. GPT-5’s capacities will be adapted to the subscription level to replace the drop-down list, he said.
“The free chatgpt level will have unlimited chat access to GPT-5 as a standard intelligence (!!), subject to abuse thresholds,” said Altman. “The more subscribers will be able to execute GPT-5 at a higher level of intelligence, and pro subscribers will be able to execute GPT-5 at an even higher level of intelligence. These models will incorporate voice, canvas, research, in -depth research and more. »»
Altman did not say when GPT-4.5 or GPT-5 could be released.
Customer confusion
Openai’s decision to simplify the way it presents the models indicates a continuous problem: not everyone understands what each model is supposed to do and what makes it different. Openai is not alone in this area. If I did not report on the industry day after day, I would not be able to make the difference between the Gemini models and tell you why Claude’s sonnet is better than Haiku.
Although this confusion is more common among consumers, the simplification of products makes things much more manageable, even for power users like AI engineers.
More and more, you must have a functional encyclopedia of the models can do what and which are more updated. The integration of the latest capacities into a single model and allow only more complex capabilities depending on the use could facilitate the experimentation of many developers.
