OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on the upcoming GPT-6 model: "People want memory."

GPT-5 has just arrived , but its successor, GPT-6, is already on the way . That's the message that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman left for reporters at an event in San Francisco last week. Altman acknowledged that the launch has been somewhat "bumpy," and it's true that many users have found it less useful and colder than GPT-4 , which has led to disappointment.

Even so, the father of ChatGPT has defended that " it is not as bad as many users say" and is confident that the next one will be a significant improvement.

What GPT-6, the new ChatGPT model, will be like?

As reported by CBNC , Altman explained that the new model will not only be larger, but will also be able to remember each person's preferences and routines , which he believes is an essential capability for it to feel relatable and useful in everyday life: "People want memory," he stated. In fact, the company works with psychologists to evaluate how users feel and how their well-being evolves, but this data is not public.

He also said that future versions of ChatGPT would comply with a recent executive order from the Trump administration. which requires artificial intelligence systems used by the federal government to be ideologically neutral and customizable . That is, the user could adjust the model to have a more conservative or progressive tone, depending on their preferences.

Incorporating memory poses privacy challenges

This happens because the temporary storage isn't encrypted, which could leave sensitive information exposed . Altman assured that encryption would arrive in the future, although there are no specific dates, but he is clear that in areas such as medicine or law, ensuring data confidentiality is key.

He acknowledges that the goal is to make ChatGPT much more flexible and useful in everyday life, but he is adamant in saying that "the models have already saturated chat", that "they are not going to improve much" and "maybe they will get worse" .