Social media is buzzing about a new ChatGPT after it suddenly showed up on a popular AI comparison platform, the Chatbot Arena. This AI, known as gpt2-chatbot, seems to have abilities that could top the best AIs out there, leading to a lot of guesses about where it came from and if it’s connected to OpenAI as people get excited about what’s coming next from the creators of ChatGPT.

Some key facts about “gpt2-chatbot” by that moment

• The gpt2 chatbot made a quiet entrance on LMSYS Chatbot Arena, a trustful website that ranks different AI tools. After several hours, the model became unavailable and disappeared from the platform.

• Even though it's still unclear who made the gpt2-chatbot, its name suggests it might be linked to OpenAI’s GPT-2, the older sibling to the more powerful GPT-3, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4 models that power ChatGPT.
  
  

• VentureBeat reports that this mysterious chatbot could be as good as or better than GPT-4, OpenAI’s most advanced AI to date. Despite these claims, OpenAI hasn’t responded to questions about new chatbot.
  
  

• It seems, though, that it might not meet the high expectations set for the upcoming GPT-5, which has led to rumors that it could be a stopgap update, possibly a GPT-4.5.

  
  

• The rumours about OpenAI’s involvement increased after the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, mentioned he has a soft spot for "gpt2" on a post on X, once known as Twitter. The tweet has already gained more than 2 million views and 1200 reposts.

• Funny fact: Altman later changed his post to better match the gpt2-chatbot’s name – originally, he had called it "gpt-2," following OpenAI’s usual naming convention. This tweak, and the timing of it, suggests he might be talking about this NextGen system rather than just reminiscing about the past.

Side Note

The terms “GPT-2” and "gpt2-chatbot" have become extremely popular on X.com, Reddit, and other social platforms since the gpt2-chatbot appeared, with lots of users guessing about where it came from and discussing what it can do.

Keep an Eye Out

There's a strong belief that OpenAI is preparing to launch its next big model, GPT-5, this summer. It’s been just over a year since GPT-4 was introduced, and since then, tech companies have been in a rush to develop and launch superior models to stay competitive in the rapidly advancing AI field. As the anticipated release of GPT-5 approaches, major players like Meta, Google, and Mistral have all recently updated their top systems, and more enhancements are expected in the months ahead.

ChatLabs Team’s View

Everything happening is extremely fascinating. And of course, none of us (perhaps except for Sam Altman and those close to him) truly knows what plans OpenAI has for releasing new models.

However, one thing is clear: all the leaders in the AI race, including OpenAI, Mistral, Google, and Meta AI, are putting tremendous effort into developing newer, faster, and smarter models. New advancements are appearing weekly, and the arrival of GPT-5 and other new LLMs, which will make models like Llama 3 and GPT-4 look outdated, is just a matter of time –likely a very short time.

There’s no smoke without fire. Let’s keep an eye on developments together.

We can assure you that as soon as new models are released and become available, we will promptly make them accessible on ChatLabs platform.