Sam Altman (remember, the hearing is under oath): “We are not currently training what will be GPT-5; we don’t have plans to do it in the next 6 months.”
Interestingly, Altman confirmed that they were working on GPT-5, just three days before six months would have passed from this quote. May 16 → November 16, confirmation was November 13. Unless they’re measuring “six months” “half a year” in days, in which case it the deadline would have been passed by only one day. Or, if they just say “month = 30 days, so 6 months = 180 days”, six months after May 16 would be November 12, the day before GPT-5 confirmation.
Seems possibly relevant that “not having plans to do it in the next 6 months” is different from “have plans to not do it in the next 6 months” (which is itself different from “have strongly committed to not do it in the next 6 months”).
Interestingly, Altman confirmed that they were working on GPT-5, just three days before six months would have passed from this quote. May 16 → November 16, confirmation was November 13. Unless they’re measuring “six months” “half a year” in days, in which case it the deadline would have been passed by only one day. Or, if they just say “month = 30 days, so 6 months = 180 days”, six months after May 16 would be November 12, the day before GPT-5 confirmation.
I wonder if the timing was deliberate.
Seems possibly relevant that “not having plans to do it in the next 6 months” is different from “have plans to not do it in the next 6 months” (which is itself different from “have strongly committed to not do it in the next 6 months”).