OpenAI's GPT-5 Rollout Faced Backlash as Old Models Were Retired

OpenAI's last upgrade to GPT-5 rollout faced backlash for retiring older models among users. OpenAI acknowledged that it underestimated users’ affection for the older GPTs, even if GPT-5 performs better in most ways. In response to the critics, OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, announced that rate limits for ChatGPT Plus users would be doubled and would continue to use the 4o model. GPT-5 rollout updates: *We are going to double GPT-5 rate limits for ChatGPT Plus users as we finish rollout. *We will let Plus users choose to continue to use 4o. We will watch usage as we think about how long to offer legacy models for. *GPT-5 will seem smarter starting… — Sam Altman (@sama) August 8, 2025 Wanted to provide more updates on the GPT-5 rollout and changes we are making heading into the weekend. 1. We for sure underestimated how much some of the things that people like in GPT-4o matter to them, even if GPT-5 performs better in most ways. 2. Users have very different… — Sam Altman (@sama) August 8, 2025 Previously, ChatGPT could tap into several different AI models, including GPT‑4o, o3, o4-mini, GPT‑4.1, and GPT‑4.5. But OpenAI has since replaced them with a family of GPT-5 models. On Thursday, OpenAI unveiled a new flagship AI model, GPT-5, and began sharing the technology with ChatGPT users worldwide. OpenAI executives called GPT-5 a "major upgrade" over their AI systems, saying the new technology was faster, more accurate, and less likely to hallucinate. "GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert," said OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman. Also, it was the first time that OpenAI has used a reasoning model to power the free version of ChatGPT. Experts agreed on the fact that the technology feels more human than previous models. Sam Altman called the system a "significant step" along the path to the ultimate goal of the company and its rivals: artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a machine that can do anything the human brain can do. GPT-5's launch arrives in a moment when OpenAI, which is not yet profitable, plans to raise $40 billion this year, while being on pace to generate revenues of $20 billion by the end of 2025. GPT-5 is now available in Cursor. It’s the most intelligent coding model our team has tested. We're launching it for free for the time being. Enjoy! — Cursor (@cursor_ai) August 7, 2025 GPT-5 has 4 new chat personalities: Cynic, Robot, Listener, Nerd. Find them in Customize ChatGPT in settings. Research preview. Text-only. Opt-in. Change anytime. Written by Robot in GPT-5. pic.twitter.com/XxyWYNYxHt — OpenAI (@OpenAI) August 7, 2025 GPT-5 is here. Rolling out to everyone starting today.https://t.co/rOcZ8J2btI pic.twitter.com/dk6zLTe04s — OpenAI (@OpenAI) August 7, 2025

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Columbia University's Agreement with The White House Sets a Precedent For Other Colleges

The Trump administration's deal with Columbia University in New York City has put leaders at Ivy League universities and other college campuses nationwide in a tough spot. Institutions are facing the possibility of seeing research funding paused. President Donald Trump has made it clear he won't tolerate a liberal imposition at America's most prestigious colleges and intends to reshape them accordingly. On July 23, Columbia University agreed to pay fines of over $220 million and signed on to a list of other concessions related to admissions, academics, and hiring practices. The White House, which has halted billions in research grants to several schools, said it envisions the Columbia deal as the first of many such agreements. Education Secretary Linda McMahon called it a blueprint for other institutions to follow. "Columbia’s reforms are a roadmap for elite universities that wish to regain the confidence of the American public," Linda McMahon said in a statement. In addition to Columbia University, other Ivy League schools are striking deals with the Trump administration. On July 1, the University of Pennsylvania entered into an agreement ending a civil rights investigation brought by the U.S. Department of Education. In February, the agency accused Penn of violating Title IX, the primary sex discrimination law governing schools, when it allowed Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer, to compete in 2022. As part of the deal, the White House said it would restore Penn's research funding. In return, the university apologized to cisgender athletes who swam against Thomas. The university also agreed to ban transgender women from sports. This month, President Trump hinted he believes Harvard University may still be open to coming to a deal. At Cornell, the government paused more than $1 billion. At Brown, it froze $510 million, and at Princeton, it stopped more than $210 million. Of the eight Ivy League schools, only two – Dartmouth College and Yale University – have avoided targeted federal funding freezes.

Anthropic Introduced 'Claude for Financial Services', With a Tool That Unifies Data

IBL News | New York Anthropic, the maker of the Claude.ai chatbot, introduced this month Claude for Financial Services, a solution for financial professionals to analyze markets, conduct research, and make investment decisions. It also comes with pre-built MCP connectors to access financial data providers and enterprise platforms. Developers can build custom applications via the company's API. Anthropic said it includes the company's Claude 4 models, Claude Code, and Claude for Enterprise with expanded usage limits, implementation support, and other features. "Claude provides the complete platform for financial AI—from immediate deployment to custom development," Anthropic said in a release. According to Anthropic, these real-time financial data providers include: Box enables secure document management and data room analysis. Daloopa supplies high-quality fundamentals and KPIs from all public filings, disclosures and presentations. FactSet provides comprehensive equity prices, fundamentals, and consensus estimates. Morningstar contributes valuation data and research analytics. Palantir builds AI-driven platforms that help governments and enterprises integrate, analyze, and act on large-scale data to make critical operational decisions. PitchBook delivers industry-leading private capital market data and research, empowering users to source investment and fundraising opportunities, conduct due diligence and benchmark performance, faster and with greater confidence. S&P Global enables access to Capital IQ Financials, earnings call transcripts, and more–essentially your entire research workflow. Databricks offers unified analytics for big data and AI workloads. Snowflake provides an easy, connected, and trusted data and AI platform that allows global enterprises to unlock value across all of their data – including structured, unstructured, and semi-structured. The solution is available on AWS Marketplace for streamlined procurement and consolidated billing, while Google Cloud Marketplace availability is coming soon. > Mike Dion: The 3 Best Ways to Use Claude For Finance

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OpenAI Debuted ChatGPT Agent, a Tool that Combines 'Operator' and 'Deep Research'

OpenAI debuted ChatGPT Agent yesterday, joining the hyped trend of agents —tools that autonomously complete multi-step tasks and workflows. This new agent, still in beta, can perform tasks, following users' instructions, on its own OpenAI virtual computer by intelligently navigating websites, filtering results, requesting secure logins when needed, running code, conducting analysis, and even delivering editable slideshows and spreadsheets that summarize its findings. Some examples of handled requests provided by OpenAI include: • "Look at my calendar and brief me on upcoming client meetings based on recent news." • "Plan and buy ingredients to make a Japanese breakfast for four." • "Analyze three competitors and create a slide deck." At work, users can automate repetitive tasks, such as converting screenshots or dashboards into presentations composed of editable vector elements, rearranging meetings, planning and booking offsites, and updating spreadsheets with new financial data while maintaining the same formatting. In personal life, users can use it to plan and book travel itineraries, design and book entire dinner parties, or find specialists and schedule appointments. ChatGPT Agent is a unified agentic system that combines the strengths of three earlier breakthroughs: the Operator’s ability to interact with websites, deep research's skill in synthesizing information, and ChatGPT’s intelligence and conversational fluency. The agent can also leverage ChatGPT connectors, which enable it to integrate with apps like Gmail and GitHub, allowing ChatGPT to find information relevant to your prompts and utilize it in its responses. OpenAI's Pro, Plus, and Team paid users can activate ChatGPT Agent directly through the tools dropdown by selecting ‘agent mode’. Enterprise and Education users will gain access in the coming weeks. Pro users receive 400 messages per month. In comparison, other paid users are limited to 40 messages monthly, with additional usage available via flexible credit-based options. The service isn't available in the EU and Switzerland.

Teachers' Union Creates a National Academy for AI Instruction With $23M From Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic

The American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest teachers’ union in the U.S. (representing 1.8 million members), will create a National Academy for AI Instruction, with $23 million in funding from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic. This training hub for educators is planned to open this fall in the union’s headquarters in New York City. It will offer hands-on workshops for teachers on how to use AI tools for instructional tasks safely and ethically. The initiative is expected to reach approximately 400,000 educators, that is, roughly one in ten US teachers, by 2030. This academy was inspired by other unions, such as the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, which has established high-tech training centers in collaboration with industry partners. Microsoft will provide $12.5 million over the next five years. OpenAI will contribute $8 million in funding and $2 million in technical resources. Anthropic will add $500,000 for the first year of the effort. In February, California State University, the largest university system in the U.S., announced that it would provide ChatGPT to approximately 460,000 students. This spring, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the third-largest U.S. school district, began rolling out Google’s Gemini AI for 100,000 high schoolers. The Trump administration has called on the industry to provide AI education. (IBL News: Sixty-Eight Organizations Support Trump’s Pledge to Educate K-12 Students on AI). Some experts have warned that tech firms can use AI deals with schools and the teachers’ union as marketing opportunities to make students lifetime chatbot customers. “It’s a long-game investment by companies to turn young people into consumers who identify with a particular brand,” said to The New York Times Dr. Griffey, a vice president of University Council-A.F.T. Local 1474, a union representing University of California librarians and lecturers. This month, approximately 200 New York City teachers received a glimpse of what the new national training effort might look like, as reported by The New York Times. A presenter from Microsoft showed an explainer video featuring Minecraft, the popular game owned by Microsoft. Additionally, teachers attempted to generate emails and lesson plans using Khanmigo, an AI tool designed for schools, for which Microsoft has provided support. They then experimented with Microsoft Copilot for similar tasks. On its side, OpenAI has launched programs like OpenAI Academy, ChatGPT for Education, and the OpenAI forum. The company is also co-sponsoring the AFT AI Symposium on July 24 in Washington, DC.

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