The claim

“"OpenAI released GPT-5 this week."”

There has been no official announcement or release of a product called “GPT-5” by OpenAI in the past week.

Viral posts frequently claim a new “GPT-5” launch, but OpenAI’s official newsroom/blog and release notes are the authoritative places where such a major model release would be announced. As of the latest publicly available official updates, OpenAI has not announced or shipped a model explicitly branded “GPT-5” in the past week. Some confusion stems from OpenAI releasing new models and updates (often with different naming conventions) that people colloquially label as “GPT-5,” but that does not match OpenAI’s official product naming. If a post relies on screenshots, third-party “leaks,” or app-store changelogs without an OpenAI announcement, treat it as unverified at best.