Sam Altman broken down a few hours ago Future OpenAi plans. The announcement seems to simplify the company’s route map, but also unifies its proposals and makes Chatgpt behavior in the future.
A GPT-5 to master them all. In front of a GPT-4.5 that apparently will be somewhat decaffeinated, Altman spoke of the future GPT-5which will be rather a “metamodel” that brings together several capacities and that will be adjusted to our needs. “It will incorporate voice, Canvas, Search, Deep Research and more,” Altman explained, thus combining the different services and options that are now partially scattered.
You ask, I will decide what to use to answer. The OpenAi CEO clarified that “a priority objective for us is to unify our models creating systems that can use all the tools, know when you have to think a while or not, and that they are generally useful for a wide range of tasks.” Or what is the same: you will use GPT-5, and he will decide what kind of capacity he fits better to give you the best answer without having to be choosing Between the myriad options that now complicate a bit the use of OpenAi services.
“Free” if you use little. Altman explained that users of the free version of ChatgPT will be unlimited to GPT-5 in their “standard intelligence configuration”, or what is the same, with their basic mode. That will be enough for many users, but it is important to highlight that the “free” probably needs those quotes. It does not seem unreasonable to think that this chatgpt will end up showing advertising as part of the answers. It is what has worked for Google for 25 years, but the question is if OpenAi will take advantage of that option properly.
If you want the best of GPT-5, you will have to pay. Altman’s message concluded that those who pay chatgpt plus or pro will obtain a higher level of intelligence from GPT-5. Here the strategy seems evident, which follows the line of what we had already seen: if you want the best performance, it will be to pay. The Subscription of 200 dollars/month It can be in fact Only the beginning of a price climb that OpenAi needs to face for a simple reason: be profitable.
OpenAi needs income. The company already indicated its profitability estimates months ago. Will continue to burn and lose money as if there were no tomorrow, but they think they will get have benefits for the first time in 2029. Payment plans and the subscription model will undoubtedly focus, but as we say Advertising seems inevitable It is also relevant in the free version of Chatgpt that will be the most used.
And the agents, what? Curiously Altman did not include in his speech No mention to Operator, his AI agent. Will it be part of the GPT-5 capabilities set, or will it remain a separate service? Openai may prefer to design that independent platform here, but what is clear is that if IA agents manage to function properly, they are one of the great hopes to convince users to pay for using them.
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