And it’s not what you think it is.
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OpenAI is hosting a live demo of updates on Monday, May 13. But it won’t be about GPT-5 or a search engine.
The announcement came from OpenAI’s X account. In typically evasive fashion, the post only said the livestream would be about ChatGPT and GPT-4. But OpenAI CEO Sam Altman retweeted the news, saying “not gpt-5, not a search engine, but we’ve been hard at work on some new stuff we think people will love! feels like magic to me.”
President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman also teased the announcement, saying, “Not GPT-5 or a search engine, but we think you’ll like it.”
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There were reports about a ChatGPT search engine being launched on Monday, which was especially juicy since Google I/O is happening the very next day. Followers are also eagerly anticipating the release of GPT-5 which is rumored to come out this summer and possibly sooner. However, a livestream event unrelated to a search engine or GPT-5 is unexpected.
Within minutes of Altman’s confirmation that their announcement won’t be about a search engine, Google stock shot up. So Google execs can breathe a sigh of relief… for now.
The genAI side of X is already abuzz with speculation. GPT-4.5? A Sora announcement? It’s anybody’s guess right now, but we’re staying tuned.
The livestream will be on openai.com on Monday, May 13 at 1pm ET/10 am PT.
Cecily is a tech reporter at Mashable who covers AI, Apple, and emerging tech trends. Before getting her master’s degree at Columbia Journalism School, she spent several years working with startups and social impact businesses for Unreasonable Group and B Lab. Before that, she co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in South America, Europe, and Asia. You can find her on Twitter at @cecily_mauran.
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