OpenAI to fix GPT-5 issues, double rate limits for paid users after outrage

OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, overpromised on GPT-5, and real-life results are underwhelming, but it looks like a new update is rolling out that might address some of the concerns.

GPT-5 is a state-of-the-art model. In our tests, BleepingComputer found that GPT-5 does really well in coding. It was significantly faster than the other OpenAI models, including o3.

However, GPT-5 struggles to be ‘creative’ in writing, and it also often fails to switch to its new reasoning capabilities when users expect.

On top of it, we’ve observed that GPT-5 often produces short content when it’s explicitly asked to give more details.

Some believe that GPT-5 is throttling token output to minimize the cost, but OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, argues that a bug caused unexpected problems with GPT-5.

“Yesterday, the autoswitcher broke and was out of commission for a chunk of the day, and the result was GPT-5 seemed way dumber,” Sam Altman wrote in a post on X.

He also added that OpenAI will double GPT-5 rate limits for GPT Plus users, but it’ll take a few days.

“We will let Plus users choose to continue to use 4o. We will watch usage as we think about how long to offer legacy models for,” Sam added.

GPT-5 will also be smarter starting later today, and OpenAI is testing a new toggle that will force GPT-5 to use reasoning capabilities.

“We will make it more transparent about which model is answering a given query. We will change the UI to make it easier to manually trigger thinking.”

GPT-5 is still rolling out for paid and free users, and it may be a while before everyone gets it.

Meanwhile, OpenAI is planning to restore the older models, including 4o for Plus customers.

Right now, you can only use these legacy models when you’re paying $200 for the Pro subscription.