OpenAI on launched GPT-5, its most advanced language model to date, calling it a leap toward artificial general intelligence (AGI) and a transformative tool for businesses, developers and everyday users. CEO Sam Altman said the model can write full software applications, offer tailored healthcare information, plan events and help users learn — all with expert-level fluency. “But it’s not only an assistant now,” Altman said. “GPT-5 can also do stuff for you. It can write an entire computer program from scratch to help you with whatever you’d like. We think this idea of software on demand is going to be one of the defining characteristics of the GPT-5 era.” Also, OpenAI unveiled a partnership with Cursor to make GPT-5 the default AI model for its coding tool. The model will come in three versions: GPT-5, GPT-mini and GPT-5 nano. It also merges OpenAI’s GPT series and omni or “o” reasoning models to offer users one unified, all-around capable AI model to use. “Until now, our users have had to pick between the fast responses of standard GPTs or the slow, more thoughtful responses from our reasoning models,” OpenAI Chief Research Officer Mark Chen said. “GPT-5 eliminates this choice. It aims to think just the perfect amount to give you the perfect answer.” New features from GPT-5, which powers ChatGPT, include the following: Creates visual demos from prompts; Writes “significantly” better, per OpenAI’s Christina Kaplan; Customizes voice to fit an individual’s needs; Translates; Has a “study and learn” mode; Changes colors of the chats; Changes ChatGPT’s personality; Accesses Gmail and Google Calendar (starting next week); Less deceptive; Hallucinates less.