The recent emergence of a rumor about “GPT-4.5 Turbo”, a supposedly improved version of ChatGPT, has created a whirlwind of speculation and skepticism among artificial intelligence enthusiasts and online users. Was it fake?
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s famous chatbot, continues to make headlines. After rumors about the release of a GPT-4.5 at the end of 2023 it will be a’s turn GPT-4.5 turbo appear on social media. But is this just a rumor or a future reality?
GPT-4.5 Turbo: simple fake by an Internet user or involuntary error by OpenAI?
The origin of this rumor dates back to a March 12 Reddit post, in which a user named Chika1472 claims to have discovered evidence for the existence of GPT-4.5 Turbo indexed on DuckDuckGo and Microsoft Bing search engines.
According to him, a specific search revealed a page of the official OpenAI blog announcing this superior version of the model, capable of surpassing GPT-4 in terms of speed, accuracy and scalability. Real ?
One thing is indeed wrong: the screenshot shows that the model’s knowledge is current as of June 2024. However, in March 2024 it is impossible for a model to predict the future. Two options are then available:
- An OpenAI error : The blog post may have been intended for later publication, but was accidentally published too early.
- A hoax : The screenshot is fake and was taken from scratch.
Screenshots shared by netizens have also failed to confirm this version. Skeptics, some of whom claim to follow the OpenAI blog diligently, quickly expressed doubts about the veracity of this rumor, pointing out that lack of tangible evidence and the inconsistency of the available information.
Of course not, GPT-4.5 Turbo does not exist
As things stand now, it is So impossible to confirm the existence of GPT-4.5 Turbo. Attempts to verify these claims have hit a dead end. Neither on the official OpenAI website nor in the archives of the Internet Archive has any concrete evidence been found supporting the existence of GPT-4.5 Turbo.
In a context where competition in the chatbot space is increasing, with players like Google, Anthropic and Mistral AI looking to match or even surpass the performance of GPT-4, the GPT-4.5 Turbo rumor adds a little layer of mystery and anticipation to the future of conversational AI.
On the other hand, we know that OpenAI is working on GPT-5, which should be released within one or two years, and on Sora, which will be released in the coming months.
- The rumor hints at the existence of “GPT-4.5 Turbo”, supposedly a major update for ChatGPT
- Despite elusive evidence and temporal inconsistencies, the community remains skeptical
- The lack of official confirmation from OpenAI fuels questions