OpenAI’s GPT-5 Launches: Microsoft Steps Up Integration Across Its Platforms
On August 7, the world of artificial intelligence witnessed a significant milestone with the launch of GPT-5 by OpenAI, now accessible to all ChatGPT users. In a fast-paced advancement, Microsoft, a key partner of OpenAI, has swiftly adopted this state-of-the-art technology, seamlessly incorporating it into its various AI services, including Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Code, and Azure AI Foundry.
Today Microsoft is incorporating GPT-5, OpenAI’s best AI system to date, into a wide variety of its products, to bring new reasoning capabilities and improvements to coding and chat across its platforms. GPT-5, which was trained on Azure, includes OpenAI’s latest reasoning models, along with a smart, efficient model, to provide users with the right tool for the task at hand, whether in a consumer, enterprise or developer context.
Enhanced Features with GPT-5
According to Microsoft’s announcement, the introduction of GPT-5 significantly enhances Microsoft 365 Copilot’s ability to comprehend and respond to intricate inquiries, maintain coherence during extended conversations, and grasp contextual nuances. This upgrade applies across diverse formats, including emails, documents, and other files.
Broad Availability Across Devices
Moreover, GPT-5’s rollout extends to Microsoft Copilot on multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and the web via copilot.microsoft.com. Users can easily switch to the latest model by selecting the “Smart”option in the composer interface. Unlike previous iterations, Microsoft has made GPT-5 accessible for free to all users—eliminating the restrictions previously placed on Copilot Pro subscribers.
Empowering Developers with New Tools
For developers, those holding a paid GitHub Copilot subscription can leverage GPT-5 to streamline the coding process—writing, testing, and deploying code more effectively. Additionally, the Azure AI Foundry now offers developers the ability to integrate GPT-5 into their own applications, further broadening its scope of utility.
To learn more about this significant update from Microsoft, visit their official announcement post here.
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