OpenAI’s GPT-5 Launch Sparks Mixed Reactions in China
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5, calling it its “smartest, fastest, most useful” AI model yet, with improvements in coding, math, writing, and vision tasks. However, Chinese commentators and tech watchers expressed mixed reviews, citing underwhelming advancements and a lack of transformative breakthroughs. The launch occurs amid surging global competition in AI, with Chinese firms racing to close the performance gap and develop competitive foundation models of their own. Some Chinese analysts acknowledged improvements but viewed the model as more iterative than revolutionary.
GPT-5’s launch underscores the intensifying global AI race and reinforces the pressure on Chinese tech developers to innovate rapidly.
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