The CEO of OpenAI descended on an online bulletin board and dropped important information one after another, such as 'GPT-5 will not be released in 2024,' 'Multiple products will be announced in 2024,' and 'AGI can be realized with existing hardware.'

On Friday, November 1, 2024, OpenAI executives, including CEO Sam Altman, appeared on the online bulletin board 'Reddit' and held a 'Do you have any questions for me, OpenAI?' session. During the two-and-a-half hour session, important information such as 'GPT-5 will not be released in 2024' and 'Multiple products will be released in 2024' were revealed one after another.

AMA with OpenAI's Sam Altman, Kevin Weil, Srinivas Narayanan, and Mark Chen: r/ChatGPT
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In addition to CEO Sam Altman, Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil, Vice President of Research Mark Chen, Vice President of Engineering Srinivasa Narayanan, and Principal Scientist Jacob Pachocki participated in the 'OpenAI Questions?' segment to answer any questions about OpenAI.

In response to the question, 'When is the release date for GPT-5 or a model similar to GPT-5?', CEO Altman replied, 'We plan to release several great products in the second half of 2024! However, this will not include a product called 'GPT-5',' clarifying that GPT-5 will not appear in 2024. In addition, in October 2024, some media reported that 'OpenAI will release an AI model codenamed 'Orion' in December 2024,' but OpenAI has denied the release of Orion in 2024.

In addition, in response to the question, 'When will the new image generation model come out? DALL-E 3 feels outdated,' CEO Altman said, 'The next update will be worth waiting for! However, there is no release plan yet.'

In response to the question, 'Can AGI be realized with known hardware? Or does it require completely different hardware?', he replied, 'We believe it can be realized with existing hardware.'

Regarding the AI search function ' ChatGPT search ' released on Thursday, October 31, 2024, they commented, 'ChatGPT search allows for easier and faster searches for most search queries than existing search engines.We believe it will be particularly useful in situations where complex investigation is required.'

Furthermore, in response to the question, 'Are there plans to add a feature that allows you to see how much your content is being used in ChatGPT answers?', he responded, 'That's a great idea! We'll discuss that feature, but there are no plans at this time.'

During the session, there were also several requests for adding features to ChatGPT. In response to the question, 'Do you have plans to add a feature where ChatGPT can talk first (instead of the user talking to ChatGPT)?', Weil replied , 'That will be a big theme for 2025.' In response to the request , 'I want the ability to end voice chat hands-free,' he replied , 'That's a great idea. I'll share it with the team right away!'

In addition, CEO Altman answered the question, 'Are you using ChatGPT for the answers in this session?' with, 'Yes, occasionally.'