OpenAI’s GPT-5 “Orion” Faces Uncertainty with Delays and Cost Issues
OpenAI’s GPT-5 “Orion” project has problems, including delays, rising costs, and worries about insufficient data. The ambitious AI project faces issues that cause uncertainty.
GPT-5 (codenamed Orion), OpenAI’s ambitious new artificial intelligence project, has a lot of problems to solve. The project is way behind schedule and costing a lot of money.
It’s not clear if it will succeed in the end. Some individuals even question whether there is sufficient data to achieve the desired level of intelligence.
The project has been in the works for more than 18 months. The project aims to significantly advance the technology behind ChatGPT.
Sources close to the situation say that Microsoft, which is OpenAI’s biggest investor and most important partner, had planned for this new model to come out around the middle of 2024.
OpenAI has trained Orion for at least two extended periods, each requiring months to process vast data to enhance its intelligence.
But people who are close to the project say that each attempt has run into new problems and that the software has not been able to meet the researchers’ performance expectations.
OpenAI’s Orion Shows Modest Gains
Sources close to OpenAI say that Orion is only slightly better than their current technology. Most importantly, these gains don’t offset the business’s expensive overhead.
Based on both public and private data about different parts of training, estimates show that the cost of computing just for a single six-month training run can reach around $500 million.
Analysts believe that tech giants will invest a huge $1 trillion in AI projects over the next few years. Many people anticipate that OpenAI will perform well, as it was the company that initiated the AI revolution.
