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OpenAI’s ChatGPT announced it will surpass 700 million weekly active users this week, solidifying its status as one of the fastest-adopted software products ever, right as the company is poised to introduce its most advanced language model yet.
This growth marks a 40 percent increase from the 500 million weekly users ChatGPT reported in March, revealing a fourfold surge from the prior year. The rapid adoption parallels platforms like Zoom during the pandemic, illustrating how quickly AI tools have become fundamental from experimental phases.
The achievement comes at a strategic point for OpenAI, which is reportedly planning to launch GPT-5 in early August, based on information from sources familiar with its strategy. This timing points to OpenAI’s coordinated push to dominate the AI market before competitors catch up.
“Every day, people and teams are learning, creating, and solving harder problems,” noted Nick Turley, OpenAI’s vice president of product for ChatGPT, in announcing the user milestone. “Big week ahead.”
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GPT-5 will combine reasoning powers into a single AI system
The upcoming model is more than just an incremental upgrade. Individuals briefed on the initiative told The Information that GPT-5 will merge OpenAI’s advanced reasoning capabilities from its o3 series into the flagship GPT platform, creating what CEO Sam Altman has referred to as “a system that integrates a lot of our technology.”
This integration signifies a strategic shift for OpenAI, which previously released reasoning models separately from its general-purpose language models. By unifying these capabilities, OpenAI aims to reduce confusion about which model to use for specific tasks while establishing a more powerful unified system.
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— Sam Altman (@sama) August 3, 2025
The consolidation also aligns with OpenAI’s broader ambition to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) — a development that could significantly impact its partnership with Microsoft. Their current agreement stipulates that reaching AGI would necessitate Microsoft relinquishing its rights to OpenAI’s revenue and future models, potentially altering a key tech partnership.
Altman has cautioned, however, that GPT-5 won’t reach “gold level of capability for many months” post-launch, implying the AGI milestone is not immediately forthcoming.
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