GPT-5 and the new era of work

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OpenAI announces GPT-5, their most advanced model yet, unifying capabilities from GPT-4o, o-series reasoning, agents, and advanced math, with immediate rollout to Team users and API access for developers. The release marks a major milestone with 700 million weekly ChatGPT users and 5 million paid business users already leveraging OpenAI's technology.

GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model—transforming enterprise AI, automation, and workforce productivity in the new era of intelligent work.
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# GPT-5 and the new era of work Source: [https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-new-era-of-work/](https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-new-era-of-work/) OpenAIToday we’re introducing[GPT‑5⁠](https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5/), OpenAI’s smartest, fastest, most useful model yet, and a major step towards placing intelligence at the center of every business\. GPT‑5 unites and exceeds OpenAI’s prior breakthroughs in frontier intelligence, spanning 4o, OpenAI o\-series reasoning, agents, and[advanced math⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://x.com/markchen90/status/1946571252937728307)capabilities\. It arrives as organizations like BNY, California State University, Figma, Intercom, Lowe’s, Morgan Stanley, SoftBank, T\-Mobile, and more have already armed their workforces with AI—[5 million⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://x.com/bradlightcap/status/1951389149149405618)paid users now use ChatGPT business products—and begun to reimagine their operations on the API\. GPT‑5 delivers leaps in accuracy, speed, reasoning, context recognition, structured thinking, and problem\-solving\. The true magic will happen when businesses start applying GPT‑5 to imagine new use cases\. Here’s the early feedback: The launch of GPT‑5 also coincides with nearly 700 million people using ChatGPT weekly\. Powerful AI is now more deeply interwoven into the way we live and work, and consumers’ growing ease with the technology is inspiring enterprises to provide employees direct OpenAI access for greater productivity, efficiency, and creative output\. With GPT‑5, companies embracing AI will quickly benefit from its unified ChatGPT experience and, under more advanced use cases, its enhanced API performance on[agents and coding⁠](https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-for-developers)\. We anticipate early adoption to drive industry leadership on what’s possible with AI powered by GPT‑5, leading to better decision\-making, improved collaboration, and faster outcomes on high\-stakes work for organizations\. GPT‑5 is starting to roll out to Team users today, with access for Enterprise and Edu coming next week\.GPT‑5 is now available in the OpenAI API today, and developers can start using it[here⁠\(opens in a new window\)](http://platform.openai.com/)\. Team, Enterprise, and Edu customers will also soon get access to GPT‑5 Pro, a version with extended reasoning for even more reliable and detailed answers\.

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