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ChatGPT 5 explained in 7 minutes

TL;DR The video introduces ChatGPT 5 as a significant advancement, akin to having "PhD experts in your pocket," highlighting its three main versions: GPT-5, GPT-5 Thinking, and the $200/month GPT-5 Pro. A key revelation is OpenAI's default ChatGPT interface restricts GPT-5's context window to 32K tokens, despite its actual capacity being 400,000, limiting its utility for large documents. The presenter promotes Vectal.AI as a solution, offering the full 400K context window for free or unlimited access at a fraction of OpenAI's Pro cost. GPT-5 demonstrates impressive capabilities like generating visual books and attempting to build complex web apps, though the latter showed limitations. The video provides crucial pro tips for maximizing GPT-5's performance, including prioritizing "Thinking" mode, using "think hard" prompts, leveraging new "Study," "Agent," and "Deep Research" modes, and utilizing "Add to Memory" and "Projects" features. While GPT-5 is an improvement over GPT-4, it's deemed "nowhere near AGI," especially for coding, where other models like Claude Code or Gemini 2.5 Pro might be superior.

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Information Mind Map

🧠 ChatGPT 5: A Comprehensive Overview & Pro Tips

🔑 Key Features & Model Tiers

• Significance:
  • Biggest release since ChatGPT's creation in 2022.
  • Described by OpenAI as "like having a team of PhD experts in your pocket."
• Available Models within ChatGPT:
  • GPT-5 (Default)
  • GPT-5 Thinking
  • GPT-5 Pro
    • Cost: $200 per month (from OpenAI)
• Automatic Model Router:
  • Built-in system that selects the appropriate LLM based on request complexity.
  • Simpler requests: Routed to faster models for quick answers.
  • More complex questions: Routed to powerful versions like Thinking mode.

🔑 Core Limitations & Solutions

• Major Problem: Context Window Discrepancy:
  • OpenAI's ChatGPT interface limits GPT-5 to a 32K token context window.
  • Actual GPT-5 capacity: 400,000 tokens.
  • Implication: Prevents pasting large books, PDFs, documents, or having long conversations effectively.
• Solution: Vectal.AI:
  • Offers GPT-5 with the full 400,000 context window.
  • Access:
    • Completely free to try.
    • Vectal Pro offers unlimited GPT-5 for 10 times less than OpenAI's $200/month plan.
    • Includes access to other cutting-edge AI models.
  • Actionable:
    • Go to vectal.ai and sign up for full context access.

🔑 Capabilities Demonstrated

• Web App Building (Canvas Integration):
  • One of the biggest, less-talked-about updates.
  • Can build full web apps directly within ChatGPT.
  • Example 1: Visual Book Generation:
    • Prompt: "Generate a visual book that will showcase the fundamental concepts needed to understand AI and ML."
    • Result: Successfully created a visual book with custom-coded illustrations and interactive flipping pages.
    • Benefit: Significantly faster than manual creation of presentations/graphs.
  • Example 2: Interactive 3D Web App (GPT-5 Pro attempt):
    • Prompt: "Build a full stack web app in canvas that shows multiple 3D geometric objects with several sliders allowing you to change the quantity and scale of those objects."
    • Result:
      • Took 6 minutes 13 seconds to run.
      • Did not use canvas directly in the initial output.
      • Required manual copying of code to a new chat and explicit canvas trigger.
      • Final attempt to run resulted in an error ("an error occurred. We're trying to run 3D multi-object canvas.").

🔑 Pro Tips for Optimal GPT-5 Use

• 1. Model Selection & Prompting:
  • Prioritize GPT-5 Thinking:
    • Default GPT-5 minimal (via router) performs at 44 on benchmarks.
    • GPT-5 Thinking performs at 68 on benchmarks (close to best in world).
  • Use "think hard" in prompts:
    • Directly impacts how often Thinking mode gets triggered by the model router.
• 2. Specialized Modes (via + icon before prompt):
  • Study Mode:
    • Turns ChatGPT into a personal tutor for learning any concept.
    • Actionable:
      • Click + icon -> select study and learn.
  • Agent Mode:
    • Allows ChatGPT to control certain websites and perform small actions.
  • Deep Research:
    • Excellent for thorough research on topics.
    • Can browse 20-30 different websites and create detailed reports.
• 3. Workflow Enhancements:
  • Add to Memory:
    • Tell ChatGPT add to memory to remember specific information across conversations (e.g., city, response style).
    • Actionable:
      • Use the phrase add to memory for persistent context.
  • Projects Feature (Left Sidebar):
    • Good for managing different areas of life.
    • Allows setting a custom system prompt for each project, avoiding repetition.
    • Actionable:
      • Click on sidebar -> new project -> give name & system prompt.
• 4. Pro User Settings:
  • Show Legacy Models:
    • Allows access to older models that were previously removed.
    • Actionable:
      • Click account -> settings -> toggle show legacy models (if paying user).
      • Access them via the model selector.

🔑 Overall Assessment (Coding)

• Comparison to Previous Versions:
  • GPT-5 is "certainly better than the previous version, GBD4."
• Limitations:
  • Still "nowhere near AGI" (Artificial General Intelligence).
  • For coding: There are "much better AI models."
• Potential Alternatives for Coding:
  • Claude Code
  • Grok 4
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro
• Call to Action:
  • Comment "part two" if interested in a video comparing GPT-5 to these alternatives specifically for software development.