Sam Altman reveals the next achievement of ChatGPT: surpassing humanity in spoken language.

These statements come shortly after the troubled launch of the highly anticipated GPT-5 version.

In a recent conversation with journalists, Sam Altman acknowledged that the exponential advancement of ChatGPT could lead it to hold more daily conversations than any human being.

"If we project our growth, soon billions of people will be talking to ChatGPT every day," said the CEO of OpenAI during a meeting in San Francisco.

Altman reflected on the impact of this expansion, anticipating a scenario in which the chatbot could reach a volume of interactions that surpasses, "perhaps, all human words combined at some point."

The executive emphasized that in that context, "it is not reasonable to expect that a single personality or model style will work for all those cases."

These statements come shortly after the troubled launch of the highly anticipated GPT-5 version, which faced criticism from some users for having a less friendly and less empathetic tone compared to previous models.

As part of the transition, the company temporarily suspended access to GPT-4o, its predecessor, but this decision was reversed following the dissatisfaction expressed by the user community.

ChatGPT was introduced to the market in November 2022 with little initial advertising, but it quickly became the fastest-growing technology product in history.

Its ability to mimic human communication and solve problems has been seen as a step towards developing machines as intelligent as people.

Altman admitted, however, that there were mistakes in how OpenAI handled the last launch.

He acknowledged that they did not anticipate the effect that the tone change would have on consumers, and announced that more customization options will soon be implemented.