"When OpenAI launched its new GPT-5 model in August, the company bragged loud and hard about how GPT-5 is its "smartest, fastest, most useful model yet" and how interacting with it was like "chatting with a helpful friend with PhD‑level intelligence." When it comes to creative tasks like writing, GPT-5 immediately felt like a major step backward. But as I've tested the model more extensively, I've seen that it does excel at many pragmatic tasks like writing code and analyzing data."
"Before we go further, let me be clear that nothing in this article should be considered financial advice, and you certainly shouldn't trade based on anything I share here. I'm a journalist conducting a crazy experiment. You should get your financial advice from professionals, not chatbots. Also, this isn't my first rodeo. I tried a version of this experiment before in the very earliest days of the generative AI boom, so I have at least a vague idea of what I'm doing."
OpenAI launched GPT-5 in August, promoting it as the "smartest, fastest, most useful model yet" and likening interactions to "chatting with a helpful friend with PhD‑level intelligence." GPT-5 produced weaker results on creative writing but demonstrated strength on pragmatic tasks such as coding and data analysis. An experiment allocated $500 to GPT-5 via ChatGPT with the objective of maximizing returns over six months. The model's investment selections exceeded expectations, producing surprising picks rather than generic advice. Prior experience with earlier GPT models dates back to 2022 during beta testing of GPT-3 when tools were accessible to journalists and researchers.
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