The rollout was even messy enough to spill into betting markets. One 27-year-old day trader, Foster McCoy, pocketed $10,000 in just a few hours by wagering that Google’s Gemini would beat GPT-5 in a popularity contest.

Current and former OpenAI employees plan to sell approximately $6 billion worth of shares to an investor group that includes Thrive Capital, SoftBank Group Corp. and Dragoneer Investment Group, in a deal that values the ChatGPT maker at $500 billion.

With new tools and greater autonomy, OpenAI's flagship AI chatbot is more capable, and potentially more dangerous, than ever.

OpenAI said that it would be "making GPT-5 warmer and friendlier based on feedback that it felt too formal before."

OpenAI's Greg Brockman said startups that connect large language models to real-world applications are still extremely valuable.

OpenAI is set to sell $6 billion in employee shares at a $500 billion valuation, making it the world’s most valuable startup.

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Current and former employees of OpenAI are looking to sell nearly $6 billion worth of the ChatGPT maker's shares to investors including SoftBank Group (9984.T) and Thrive Capital, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Jigar Bhati, a software engineer at OpenAI, said building up work experience and finding an opening that matches it is key to getting hired.

OpenAI reversed the change on Tuesday, allowing the previous model to be accessible by paid users, but the episode illustrates what researchers are calling “AI Psychosis,” where overly-pleasing chatbots exacerbate delusions and create a false sense of romantic love.