Sam Altman teases Monday OpenAI demo that ‘looks like magic’

• Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to announce “new things” on Monday that “look like magic.”
• The OpenAI CEO also dismissed the idea that GPT-5 or a search engine would be revealed at the event.
• The startup may still release a ChatGPT search feature in the future, as indicated by reports.

OpenAI announces new updates to ChatGPT and GPT-4 – and according to Sam Altman, they seem “like magic”.

OpenAI’s CEO posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday to talk about the “new stuff” that will be announced soon. Although it’s not a search engine or GPT-5, Altman said it’s something “people are going to love.”

OpenAI did not respond to a request for comment before publication.

Altman may have denied rumors that OpenAI would announce a search engine during Monday’s demo, but he didn’t deny that OpenAI was working on a search product.

Reports have recently circulated that OpenAI is targeting Google’s search engine with its own web search product in the works. The search product could be powered by Microsoft’s Bing, according to The Information.

The product would have the ability to search the web and provide sources in its results, according to a Bloomberg report. A version of the search function would also use images, such as a diagram or other relevant illustrations, to answer inquiries, according to the report.

OpenAI even tried to poach certain Googlers to help them develop a search engine.

As for GPT-5, OpenAI’s high-profile successor to its big GPT-4 language model, Business Insider previously reported that it was expected to be released this year, potentially around summer.

Members of the AI ​​community may also be watching closely on Monday to see if OpenAI reveals additional information about Ilya Sutskever, the company’s chief data scientist, who has become virtually invisible at the company since the ouster and the return of Sam Altman as CEO.