OpenAI has not yet started GPT-5 training

Altman addressed the issue during a virtual event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, writes Gizmochina. In the same place, the head of the company emphasized the importance of security issues associated with large language models.

According to him, OpenAI spent more than six months training GPT-4 before its public release. This detailed training is necessary only in the context of improving the safety of the use of the product.

Not so long ago, an open letter from industry representatives (presumably also signed by Elon Musk, after which news broke about his own AI business ideas) was published online. As it turned out, some of the concerns expressed in the letter are also close to Altman.

He agrees that increasing the level of security is very important as AI capabilities become more serious: “It’s extremely important that we be careful.”

As for the pause in the development of large-scale language models, which the authors of the letter have just proposed, then Altman noted that the document lacks major technical nuances in this regard and does not give specific instructions on which segment of development should be paused.

While OpenAI has always stated its commitment to being an open and transparent company, it has not released any information about GPT-4 training data or its architecture, design, or other internal workings.

The decision, Altman said, is based on concerns about the competitive environment and the security implications of large-scale language models like GPT-4.

Overall, Altman’s comments indicate that OpenAI is taking a balanced approach to developing language models and focusing on addressing security issues such as market promotion.

The OpenAI CEO stressed that GPT-5 is not currently undergoing training as the company looks to update existing models to improve their performance and security.