The claim

““OpenAI released GPT-5 this week.””

There has been no official OpenAI announcement or release of a product named “GPT-5” this week.

OpenAI has not announced a model release called “GPT-5” on its official news channels or documentation, and no such release appears in its release notes. Viral posts often conflate incremental product updates (e.g., ChatGPT feature rollouts or model routing changes) with a brand-new flagship model name. When OpenAI ships major model releases, it typically publishes an announcement on its News page and updates its platform documentation and model lists. As of the latest available official updates, “GPT-5” is not listed as a released model, making the claim unsupported by primary sources.