OpenAI gave GPT-5 an emotional lobotomy, and it crippled the model

It’s rare for a tech titan to show any weakness or humanity. Yet even OpenAI’s notoriously understated CEO Sam Altman had to admit this week that the rollout of the company’s new GPT-5 Large Language Model was a complete disaster. “We totally screwed up,” Altman admitted in an interview with The Verge. I agree. As a former OpenAI Beta tester—and someone who currently spends over $1,000 per month on OpenAI’s API—I’ve eagerly anticipated the launch of GPT-5 for over a...