OpenAIs o1 Model Was Almost Named GPT-5, Reveals Sam Altman [Video]

OpenAI chief Sam Altman recently addressed an audience at the University of Michigan, sharing his insights on OpenAI’s latest reasoning model and the future of artificial general intelligence (AGI).

“You know we numbered this as one because it is a very early thing,” said Altman, saying how they were very close to naming the model GPT-5 instead of o1.  

Further, he said since the model had different purposes and did things that the GPT series didn’t, they took a conscious choice of not naming it GPT-5. “It is good at different things. It takes a long time for hard problems which is annoying, but we will make it better,” he added. 

It is interesting to note that in almost every interview, prior to a new launch, Altman downplays the previous model, likely to build hype and anticipation for the next one. In a previous interview, he described the o1 model as …