GPT-5 is here: hype, AGI… or just another upgrade?

OpenAI just dropped GPT-5, the most anticipated AI model in history. But is this the leap to AGI they’ve been promising for years, or just another impressive upgrade?We unpack the announcement, explore what’s new, and ask the big question: how close are we really to artificial general intelligence?We also cover other AI news, share updates on our products and, as always, we’d love to hear from you. Leave us a review or a comment so we can keep making the podcast better for you.Interesting links:- GPT-5 highlightshttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/ivanpenatovarsoftwareengineer_openai-finally-released-gpt-5-the-most-activity-7359854818871451648-xZ37- Sam Altman warns there’s no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapisthttps://techcrunch.com/2025/07/25/sam-altman-warns-theres-no-legal-confidentiality-when-using-chatgpt-as-a-therapist/- After backlash, ChatGPT removes option to have private chats indexed by Googlehttps://uk.pcmag.com/ai/159360/be-careful-what-you-tell-chatgpt-your-chats-could-show-up-on-google-search- Anthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models, same as they did to Windsurf before the sell deal with OpenAI went southhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/08/02/anthropic-cuts-off-openais-access-to-its-claude-models/https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/anthropic-co-founder-on-cutting-access-to-windsurf-it-would-be-odd-for-us-to-sell-claude-to-openai/- Cognition is offering buy-outs to all the former Windsurf employees, or as an alternative inhumane working conditionshttps://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/three-weeks-after-acquiring-windsurf-cognition-offers-staff-the-exit-door/- Release of Gemini 2.5 Deep Thinkhttps://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-2-5-deep-think/- Release of Genie 3https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/- Google Deep Think gets officially gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiadhttps://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/google-clinches-milestone-gold-global-math-competition-while-openai-also-claims-2025-07-22/- Mark Zuckerberg makes an announcement about Superintelligence, claiming that their internal models are starting to improve themselveshttps://www.meta.com/superintelligence/- Microsoft presents a new paper on the impact of AI on workhttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.07935- Grok image and video generator adds a spicy mode for Heavy and iOS usershttps://x.com/cb_doge/status/1951721276223135950- Monetize your live streams with LiveMonetizehttps://livemonetize.com/