OpenAI says 80 to 90 percent of its research already targets GPT-7 and beyond

Boris Power, OpenAI's Head of Applied Research, says 80 to 90 percent of company research goes to GPT-7, GPT-8 and beyond because that is where most value lies, while within-generation steps like GPT-5.1 to 5.2 are short-term bets seen as extremely shortsighted. He says the main challenge is onboarding, not model quality, as most ChatGPT users do not know what AI can do; he compares GPT-4's need for careful prompting with GPT-6 acting more like a colleague given a goal.