Morris found it could also reproduce verbatim passages from copyrighted works, including three out of six book excerpts he tried.

The pressure is on for OpenAI to prove that GPT-5 isn’t just an incremental update, but a true step forward.

With safer design, more robust reasoning, expanded developer tooling, and broad user access, GPT-5 reflects a maturing AI ecosystem.

Arora explains this as a difference between searching for a path versus already knowing roughly where the destination lies.