OpenAI expects to launch GPT-5 in August: report

Microsoft-backed (NASDAQ:MSFT) OpenAI expects to launch its latest flagship model, GPT-5, as soon as early next month, according to a report by The Verge, which cited sources familiar with the plans.

GPT-5 is expected to integrate the abilities of several of OpenAI’s previous models, the report said. It will also likely be accompanied by mini and nano versions available through its API.

GPT-5 might provide a measurement of how close OpenAI is to achieving artificial general intelligence. The new model is expected to have memory, reasoning, vision and task completion abilities.

Last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company is planning to release GPT-5 soon, but it has not achieved an International Math Olympiad gold-level medal of reasoning yet. However, an experimental reasoning large language model by OpenAI did earn a gold medal earlier this month in the IMO.

“We achieved gold medal level performance on the 2025 IMO competition with a general-purpose reasoning system!,” Altman said in a post on X. “To emphasize, this is an LLM doing math and not a specific formal math system; it is part of our main push towards general intelligence.”

“We are releasing GPT-5 soon but want to set accurate expectations: this is an experimental model that incorporates new research techniques we will use in future models,” he added. “We think you will love GPT-5, but we don’t plan to release a model with IMO gold level of capability for many months.”