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GPT-5 has been hyped for years as the next step towards AGI. Sam Altman promised a "PhD-level intelligence on any topic." It's not even close. On the terms OpenAI itself laid out for its own product, any fair assessment must conclude that GPT-5's launch is a failure. Now the question is: Will it change anything?

GPT-5 is a joke. Will it matter?

How the fraught release of the most-hyped AI product yet clarifies the stakes.

Big tech promotes the story that since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, AI has become so popular it's rushed to meet the demand. The reality on the ground is a bit different. A study by a trio of design scholars shows how tech co's have had to push AI on its users with a variety of intrusive tactics. This is how big tech is force-feeding us AI:

How big tech is force-feeding us AI

Plus, OpenAI's absurd listening tour, top AI scientists say AI is evolving beyond our control, Facebook is putting data centers in tents, and the A...

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