GPT-5 Review: Everything You Need To Know

Author: Jack Houghton
Published: Thu 14 Aug 2025
Episode Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anna-kocsis1/episodes/GPT-5-Review-Everything-You-Need-To-Know-e36rf6v

GPT-5 has finally arrived—but is it the AI revolution we were promised, or just a clever business move + marketing hype

After months of speculation, heated debates, and a very memorable launch event, OpenAI has dropped GPT-5 into the wild. The reaction? Let’s just say it’s been… complicated. In this episode of In The Loop, I cut through the noise to give you the real story: what’s genuinely new, what’s actually useful, and what’s just marketing fluff.

We unpack the features that could reshape coding forever—from massive context windows to hybrid reasoning models—and explore why GPT-5 might be less about pure AI leaps and more about aggressive pricing strategies aimed squarely at Anthropic and others. Expect real talk on the benchmarks, the “chart crimes,” and why prediction markets flipped on OpenAI minutes after the launch.

⏭️ Episode Highlights

(00:50) – Setting the scene: GPT model chaos, market shifts, and Anthropic’s growing lead

(02:30) – What’s actually new in GPT-5: hybrid models, 400k-token context, and UI-savvy coding

(07:30) – Benchmarks, reasoning gaps, and the hidden “model routing” system

(10:40) – Prediction markets flip, “chart crimes” at the GPT-5 launch, and independent reviews

(16:15) – Competitive threat to Anthropic and the enterprise coding market

(17:25) – Closing thoughts: technical leap, business masterstroke, or both?

🔗 Links & Resources

Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog

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