... felt ripped from an Apple keynote, Sam Altman strode onstage, threw real-time coding challenges and puzzles at GPT-5 under spotlights, and even took audience Q&A. This feels like talking to a PhD-level expert, he quipped, as the hype engines revved up proclaiming AGI s arrival. In reality, GPT-5 is a massive leap in speed, accuracy, and flexibility, with a huge focus on AI coding assistance, but it remains a static snapshot trained through April ... ... like button. Benchmarks, benchmarks, benchmarks Benchmarks should always be taken with a grain of salt . They are effectively a snapshot of a models capabilities under near perfect conditions. Sort of like the Big Mac you see on the ads vs