Sam Altman on GPT-5 Tone, OpenAI's Growth, and Future Ambitions

GPT-5 Tone and User Control

• 💡 Sam Altman revealed that OpenAI implemented a 'much warmer' tone update for GPT just before a dinner with reporters.
• 🎯 He expressed a future vision where users can control the tone and voice of AI interactions.

OpenAI's Growth and Capacity Constraints

• 🚀 ChatGBT is projected to say more words per day than all humans combined if its current growth trajectory continues.
• ⚠️ OpenAI has better models but cannot offer them due to capacity limitations, being maxed out by Microsoft Azure's resources.
• 🤝 Consequently, OpenAI is in discussions with all hyperscalers to secure more compute power.

Financials and Future Investments

• 📈 Revenue from enterprise tech built on OpenAI's models doubled in the first 48 hours of GPT-5's release.
• 💰 OpenAI is preparing to invest trillions in data center construction to meet the overwhelming demand for compute power.
• 📊 The demand for compute ($400 billion) significantly outstrips current spending ($300 billion).

Future Hardware and Ambitions

• 🧠 Altman is shifting focus to hardware development, including OpenAI's upcoming browser.
• 🚫 He humorously stated he would walk out of a dinner if rumors of Perplexity attempting to buy Chrome were true.
• 💡 A significant future ambition is a 'read-only' mode for ChatGPT that could tap into users' thoughts for iteration and development, described as a 'big bet' akin to Alphabet's structure.