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“It Makes Me Uneasy” — OpenAI’s Sam Altman Responds to Backlash After GPT-5 Wipes Out Virtual Companions

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during Snowflake Summit 2025 at Moscone Center on June 02, 2025 in San Francisco, California.

OpenAI launched its latest GPT-5 AI model late last week for all users, with the usual range of free and paid plans to check out (including free access through Copilot). However, the launch didn't go as smoothly as many expected it would.

OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, hyped the new AI as "the smartest model ever," and compared it to a team of PhD-level experts. Despite Altman's claims that GPT-5 could potentially work like a virtual brain (while also stating that GPT-4 is "mildly embarrassing"), it didn't take long for regular users to discover the truth.

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