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🔥 GPT-5 Launch Imminent
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July 30, 2025
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We may be just days away from the biggest model release of the year. OpenAI is preparing to launch GPT-5, a unified model blending speed and deep reasoning. Leaks suggest it will auto-select the best approach for your task, without need of manual toggling. Let’s unpack…
Today’s Summary:
🔥 OpenAI preps GPT-5 release
🎞️ Runway launches Aleph video editor
🧑‍🎓 ChatGPT gets new Study Mode
📽️ Alibaba drops Wan2.2 video model
📲 Google debuts Canvas + Live tools
đź“’ NotebookLM adds video overviews
🛠️ 2 new tools
TOP STORY
GPT-5 Launch Imminent
The Summary: OpenAI is reportedly days away from launching GPT-5, a unified model combining the speed of the GPT-series with the deep reasoning of the o-series. Microsoft is preparing for the launch by updating Copilot with a new “Smart Mode” using GPT-5 adaptive reasoning. This release could end the need to pick a specific model for each task, GPT-5 will pick automatically.
Key details:
GPT-5 may launch as early as next week, with leaks pointing to possible model components: Zenith, Summit, Nectarine, Lobster, and Starfish spotted in LMArena
The models have now left LMArena, possibly meaning testing is complete
Code references like “gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13” have been spotted in the wild
AI researcher Ethan Mollick prompted what seems to be an alpha version in LMArena to generate code for “a starship control panel”, and the result left him startled by its cleverness
Why it matters: GPT-5 will introduce a new architecture that changes how users interact with AI. Instead of manually choosing a model, the system will decide automatically based on the task. OpenAI says general intelligence is about smoothly orchestrating the right tools. The model’s rumored edge in coding could once again redraw the lines between leading AI firms.
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Runway launches Aleph for prompt-based video editing
The Summary: Runway has launched Aleph, an AI video editing model that lets users transform existing footage with prompts. From generating new camera angles to changing lighting or removing objects, Aleph focuses on real-time, high-fidelity editing over pure video generation. Early access is now rolling out to enterprise and creative partners, with broader release coming soon.
Key details:
Aleph supports in-context video editing, including adding, removing, and transforming elements in real footage
It can generate new shots, alter time of day, relight scenes, change environments, and modify actor appearance
Motion transfer enables users to apply the movement from one video onto a still image, creating new dynamic scenes
Runway has secured early users across Hollywood studios, architecture firms, gaming studios, and e-commerce brands
Why it matters: Aleph transforms video editing from frame-by-frame to conversational. It preserves consistency across space and time in scenes, and removes the bottlenecks of post-production. It appears to be a new form of authorship, meaning film language itself may change. Directors can now entirely recompose shots after filming or rewrite scenes mid-edit.
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OPENAI
OpenAI adds Study Mode to ChatGPT
The Summary: OpenAI has launched Study Mode in ChatGPT, a new way for students to learn by thinking through problems instead of being handed final answers. The mode uses prompts, quizzes, and Socratic dialogue to guide understanding, pacing responses to a student’s level. It’s available now to most ChatGPT users, with Edu access coming soon.
Key details:
Study Mode is powered by custom system instructions designed with educators and cognitive scientists
The feature emphasizes metacognition, curiosity, and pacing, resisting direct answers unless users engage
Students describe it as “a tireless, live tutor”, one Princeton senior credited it for finally grasping advanced NLP concepts
OpenAI built Study Mode on the fly to iterate faster; it plans to eventually integrate the behavior into core models
Why it matters: Most educational tech helps students by doing the work for them. This tool aims to help them understand better. It’s an experiment in cognitive alignment: instead of smarter answers, it generates answers that make people smarter. It’s a direct answer to critics who say that AI makes students lazy, and a test of whether tools can improve our thinking instead of replacing it.
QUICK NEWS
Quick news
Alibaba releases Wan2.2, open-source 720p video generator
Google’s new AI “Canvas” and real-time Search Live tools
NotebookLM adds video overviews for visual learners
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