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The Star
16 hours ago
- Business
- The Star
OpenAI's GPT-5 met with mixed reviews, confusion in first day
For months, OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman has been hyping up the capabilities of GPT-5, setting up the launch as a seminal moment for the company. But in the first 24 hours after its release, the new model was met with mixed reviews. In its announcement last Thursday, OpenAI said GPT-5 was better at coding and reasoning through complex problems, and touted it as advanced enough to turn chatbot ChatGPT into a PhD-level expert. Some with early access praised the model, with caveats. "It's my new favourite model,' developer Simon Willison wrote in a blog post, calling it "competent' and "occasionally impressive.' He added: "It's not a dramatic departure from what we've had before.' On various social media platforms, however, ChatGPT users expressed frustration that GPT-5 continued to make up information and trip over simple math and spelling questions. Noah Giansiracusa, an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University, said he felt the launch was "underwhelming.' While there were "some improvements,' he said, "they were much more marginal than I would've hoped.' At least some of the reaction may come down to confusion over what's happening under the hood. Unlike OpenAI's prior software, GPT-5 automatically switches between models of varying levels of sophistication depending on the query. This approach can help maximise the company's computing resources, but it also means users may not always be engaging with the most powerful version of OpenAI's technology. Asked to identify how many times the letter "b' shows up in "blueberry,' for example, GPT-5 initially said "three' in one test. When told to "think harder,' however, GPT-5 appeared to engage its more advanced reasoning model and came up with the correct answer. Altman responded to some of the feedback and said there was an issue with the system. "GPT-5 will seem smarter starting today,' he said. "Yesterday, the autoswitcher broke and was out of commission for a chunk of the day, and the result was GPT-5 seemed way dumber.' The stakes are high for the rollout. OpenAI is vying to keep ahead of growing AI competition from rivals in the US and China. The company is also fighting to convince businesses and individual users to pay up for its premium services to help offset the enormous amount it's spending on talent, chips and data centers to support AI development. The San Francisco-based company kicked off the generative AI boom nearly three years ago with the release of ChatGPT, which was originally powered by an earlier model called GPT-3.5. Since then, the company has released a series of increasingly sophisticated systems, including multiple options that mimic the process of human reasoning. As AI systems advance, it's become harder to say definitively how various services stack up. As of midday last Friday, GPT-5 had risen to the top of various categories on LMArena, a popular leaderboard for AI models based on user rankings. But a different benchmark, ARC-AGI-2, puts GPT-5 behind the latest version of Grok from Elon Musk's xAI. In the absence of more definitive assessments, the model wars sometimes come down to vibes. And with nearly 700 million people now using ChatGPT each week, some are bound to disagree over how the model feels. It also takes longer than a day to gauge the value of a new AI system in someone's personal and professional life. Ethan Mollick, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who frequently experiments with AI models, marveled at GPT-5's ability to do research, come up with clever written responses and make programming simple, even for a novice. "GPT-5 just does stuff, often extraordinary stuff, sometimes weird stuff, sometimes very AI stuff, on its own,' he wrote in a blog post. "And that is what makes it so interesting.' On Reddit, however, the reactions were very different. During an "Ask Me Anything' session last Friday on the platform, Altman fielded pushback from users who were frustrated not to have more say and visibility into which model responds to their queries. Altman said OpenAI would take some steps to address these complaints, including making it "more transparent.' At one point, Altman responded to a Reddit user's question by noting that OpenAI thinks the "writing quality' in one version of GPT-5 is better than GPT-4.5. Then he asked: "Do you find it to be worse?' One user after another were quick to respond: yes. – Bloomberg
Los Angeles Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
OpenAI's GPT-5 met with mixed reviews, confusion in first day
For months, OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has been hyping up the capabilities of GPT-5, setting up the launch as a seminal moment for the company. But in the first 24 hours after its release, the new model was met with mixed reviews. In its announcement Thursday, OpenAI said GPT-5 was better at coding and reasoning through complex problems, and touted it as advanced enough to turn chatbot ChatGPT into a Ph.D.-level expert. Some with early access praised the model, with caveats. 'It's my new favorite model,' developer Simon Willison wrote in a blog post, calling it 'competent' and 'occasionally impressive.' He added: 'It's not a dramatic departure from what we've had before.' On various social media platforms, however, ChatGPT users expressed frustration that GPT-5 continued to make up information and trip over simple math and spelling questions. Noah Giansiracusa, an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University, said he felt the launch was 'underwhelming.' While there were 'some improvements,' he said, 'they were much more marginal than I would've hoped.' At least some of the reaction may come down to confusion over what's happening under the hood. Unlike OpenAI's prior software, GPT-5 automatically switches between models of varying levels of sophistication depending on the query. This approach can help maximize the company's computing resources, but it also means users may not always be engaging with the most powerful version of OpenAI's technology. Asked to identify how many times the letter 'b' shows up in 'blueberry,' for example, GPT-5 initially said 'three' in one test. When told to 'think harder,' however, GPT-5 appeared to engage its more advanced reasoning model and came up with the correct answer. On Friday, Altman responded to some of the feedback and said there was an issue with the system. 'GPT-5 will seem smarter starting today,' he said. 'Yesterday, the autoswitcher broke and was out of commission for a chunk of the day, and the result was GPT-5 seemed way dumber.' The stakes are high for the rollout. OpenAI is vying to keep ahead of growing AI competition from rivals in the US and China. The company is also fighting to convince businesses and individual users to pay up for its premium services to help offset the enormous amount it's spending on talent, chips and data centers to support AI development. The San Francisco-based company kicked off the generative AI boom nearly three years ago with the release of ChatGPT, which was originally powered by an earlier model called GPT-3.5. Since then, the company has released a series of increasingly sophisticated systems, including multiple options that mimic the process of human reasoning. As AI systems advance, it's become harder to say definitively how various services stack up. As of midday Friday, GPT-5 had risen to the top of various categories on LMArena, a popular leaderboard for AI models based on user rankings. But a different benchmark, ARC-AGI-2, puts GPT-5 behind the latest version of Grok from Elon Musk's xAI. In the absence of more definitive assessments, the model wars sometimes come down to vibes. And with nearly 700 million people now using ChatGPT each week, some are bound to disagree over how the model feels. It also takes longer than a day to gauge the value of a new AI system in someone's personal and professional life. Ethan Mollick, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who frequently experiments with AI models, marveled at GPT-5's ability to do research, come up with clever written responses and make programming simple, even for a novice. 'GPT-5 just does stuff, often extraordinary stuff, sometimes weird stuff, sometimes very AI stuff, on its own,' he wrote in a blog post. 'And that is what makes it so interesting.' On Reddit, however, the reactions were very different. During an 'Ask Me Anything' session Friday on the platform, Altman fielded pushback from users who were frustrated not to have more say and visibility into which model responds to their queries. Altman said OpenAI would take some steps to address these complaints, including making it 'more transparent.' At one point, Altman responded to a Reddit user's question by noting that OpenAI thinks the 'writing quality' in one version of GPT-5 is better than GPT-4.5. Then he asked: 'Do you find it to be worse?' One user after another were quick to respond: yes. Forgash writes for Bloomberg.
Mint
3 days ago
- Business
- Mint
OpenAI's GPT-5 Met With Mixed Reviews, Confusion in First Day
(Bloomberg) -- For months, OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has been hyping up the capabilities of GPT-5, setting up the launch as a seminal moment for the company. But in the first 24 hours after its release, the new model was met with mixed reviews. In its announcement Thursday, OpenAI said GPT-5 was better at coding and reasoning through complex problems, and touted it as advanced enough to turn chatbot ChatGPT into a Ph.D.-level expert. Some with early access praised the model, with caveats. 'It's my new favorite model,' developer Simon Willison wrote in a blog post, calling it 'competent' and 'occasionally impressive.' He added: 'It's not a dramatic departure from what we've had before.' On various social media platforms, however, ChatGPT users expressed frustration that GPT-5 continued to make up information and trip over simple math and spelling questions. Noah Giansiracusa, an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University, said he felt the launch was 'underwhelming.' While there were 'some improvements,' he said, 'they were much more marginal than I would've hoped.' At least some of the reaction may come down to confusion over what's happening under the hood. Unlike OpenAI's prior software, GPT-5 automatically switches between models of varying levels of sophistication depending on the query. This approach can help maximize the company's computing resources, but it also means users may not always be engaging with the most powerful version of OpenAI's technology. Asked to identify how many times the letter 'b' shows up in 'blueberry,' for example, GPT-5 initially said 'three' in one test. When told to 'think harder,' however, GPT-5 appeared to engage its more advanced reasoning model and came up with the correct answer. On Friday, Altman responded to some of the feedback and said there was an issue with the system. 'GPT-5 will seem smarter starting today,' he said. 'Yesterday, the autoswitcher broke and was out of commission for a chunk of the day, and the result was GPT-5 seemed way dumber.' The stakes are high for the rollout. OpenAI is vying to keep ahead of growing AI competition from rivals in the US and China. The company is also fighting to convince businesses and individual users to pay up for its premium services to help offset the enormous amount it's spending on talent, chips and data centers to support AI development. The San Francisco-based company kicked off the generative AI boom nearly three years ago with the release of ChatGPT, which was originally powered by an earlier model called GPT-3.5. Since then, the company has released a series of increasingly sophisticated systems, including multiple options that mimic the process of human reasoning. As AI systems advance, it's become harder to say definitively how various services stack up. As of midday Friday, GPT-5 had risen to the top of various categories on LMArena, a popular leaderboard for AI models based on user rankings. But a different benchmark, ARC-AGI-2, puts GPT-5 behind the latest version of Grok from Elon Musk's xAI. In the absence of more definitive assessments, the model wars sometimes come down to vibes. And with nearly 700 million people now using ChatGPT each week, some are bound to disagree over how the model feels. It also takes longer than a day to gauge the value of a new AI system in someone's personal and professional life. Ethan Mollick, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who frequently experiments with AI models, marveled at GPT-5's ability to do research, come up with clever written responses and make programming simple, even for a novice. 'GPT-5 just does stuff, often extraordinary stuff, sometimes weird stuff, sometimes very AI stuff, on its own,' he wrote in a blog post. 'And that is what makes it so interesting.' On Reddit, however, the reactions were very different. During an 'Ask Me Anything' session Friday on the platform, Altman fielded pushback from users who were frustrated not to have more say and visibility into which model responds to their queries. Altman said OpenAI would take some steps to address these complaints, including making it 'more transparent.' At one point, Altman responded to a Reddit user's question by noting that OpenAI thinks the 'writing quality' in one version of GPT-5 is better than GPT-4.5. Then he asked: 'Do you find it to be worse?' One user after another were quick to respond: yes. More stories like this are available on
American Press
29-07-2025
- American Press
Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School sixth-grader attends national leadership conference
For sixth-grader Layla Gaar, attending the 2025 Junior National Young Leaders Conference earlier this month was more than an academic opportunity. It was an unforgettable opportunity to meet new friends, explore history and continue a family tradition. The Junior National Young Leadership Conference brings together fifth-graders and middle schoolers from across the country to develop leadership skills through interactive projects and dynamic workshops. The conference has been held by Envision by WorldStrides – immersive educational programs designed to help students explore potential careers and build leadership skills through hands-on experiences – for over 35 years. This year, it was hosted at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts (just outside of Boston). Gaar, a student at Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School, joined over 200 students to participate in a 'unique academic and career oriented development experience.' Jan Sikorsky, vice president, Education for Envision, said in a release that the conference allows students from across the country to collaborate while they explore the professional world. 'It's a wonderful opportunity for ambitious young students to explore their interests outside the classroom and discover how to innovate and think creatively through hands-on immersive learning,' she said. 'Our students are challenged with real-world simulations and problems, working together to develop solutions and projects to bring life to their studies and career interests.' Gaar said the trip was 'absolutely amazing.' Her favorite part was making new friends and visiting the historical sites in Massachusetts. 'I made so many friends and memories. I was able to visit several historical sites, including the Old North Church, Salem, and Plymouth Rock. The conference was held at Bentley University, and it was beautiful,' she said. She is no stranger to leadership. She served as secretary of the library club, and is a member of Team Green, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Student Council. She also plays tennis, acts in school productions and leads songs at church. And her family is no stranger to the Junior National Young Leaders Conference. Layla's older sister Lindsay attended the same conference last year and worked on a team that drafted a healthcare policy proposal to Congress. Layla's conference was centered around a Presidential election. She was the only student from Louisiana in her group, and was appointed 'Chief of Staff' for the week. Throughout the week, Layla developed leadership skills that taught her to work as a team with people of a different background, she said. These skills will help her late in life when she enters her career as a speech therapist, she said. 'I can communicate with different people and help them achieve their goals.' At the end of the conference, she was chosen to write a speech and present it at the conference. She wrote about her experience at the conference. Her speech encouraged and inspired her peers to 'remember the wonderful memories made,' maintain the friendships and apply the leadership skills they gained in life and school, said Layla's mom, Laura Gaar.
India.com
09-06-2025
- Business
- India.com
Meet Vijay Mallya's adopted daughter, a jewellery designer, also had links to IPL, her name is...
Meet Vijay Mallya's adopted daughter, a jewellery designer, also had links to IPL, her name is… Fugitive billionaire Vijay Mallya, who is accused of defaulting on loans from several Indian banks, still makes headlines in India. Not only because of the developments in the cases but also for his luxurious lifestyle. But younger generations don't know much about him or his personal life. Very few people know that Mallya adopted a girl and raised her like his daughter. We are talking about Laila Mallya. Unlike her father, she stays away from the public eye and lives a peaceful life. Laila is a very important chapter of Vijay Mallya's personal life. Let's talk about her. Who is Laila Mallya? Vijay Mallya adopted Laila after marrying Rekha Mallya in the 1990s. She grew up in luxury but after getting mature, she chose a very different life, completely different from her father's lifestyle. After Vijay got separated from his first wife, Sameera Tayabji, he met his childhood crush, Rekha in 1993. This was the time when Rakha was about to get separated from her husband Shahid Mahmood. Laila Mahmood was the daughter of Rekha. Mallya not only married Rekha in 1993 but also adopted Laila as his daughter. Since that time the little Laila became a part of Mallya's family. Laila studied at Mallya Aditi International School in Bengaluru. After completing her preliminary studies, she moved to Waltham to complete a degree in international business from Bentley University. She further studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Laila Mallya's Profession In 2009, she worked with IPL founder Lalit Modi as an executive assistant. However, Laila left the job and returned to her creative interest, launching her jewellery brand – Social Butterfly. Her jewellery brand is famous for fusing traditional Indian designs with modern aesthetics. Laila's jewellery designs gained popularity in Bengaluru's fashion scene being sold at Kahawa boutique. Her innovative approach to accessories led to a Vogue India feature in 2015. Despite maintaining a low profile, she cultivated a dedicated clientele and continues her jewellery design work as of 2025. Laila Mallya's siblings Laila, adopted by Vijay Mallya after her mother's marriage, considers herself a member of the Mallya family. She has two younger half-sisters, Leanna and Tanya, and an older biological brother, Kabir. Laila Mallya's Personal Life Laila Mallya married Samar Singh in 2011 in a private ceremony, which was held in Bali. Samar is an investment banker. Like his wife, he also chose to live a quiet life, away from media attention and controversies. Vijay Mallya Made Headlines Recently Vijay Mallya recently gave his first extensive interview in years, appearing on Raj Shamani's YouTube podcast. He apologised to former Kingfisher Airlines employees for the airline's failure, while denying accusations of theft, characterising himself as a fugitive but not a criminal. He expressed a willingness to return to India only if guaranteed a fair and respectful trial. Mallya also discussed the marketing impact of the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar, highlighting its role in launching the careers of Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif. The interview was described as his most open and honest conversation to date.
