TechCheck GPT-5 spurs enterprise AI battle 8/14/25
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Aug 14, 2025 Mackenzie Cigalos, a Silicon Valley correspondent for CNBC, discusses the recent rollout of GPT-5 and its implications for the enterprise AI market. She highlights the mixed reactions from users, particularly its 'cold personality,' but emphasizes its rising appeal among businesses for advanced coding. The conversation also explores the competitive rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic as they vie for lucrative enterprise contracts, painting a fascinating picture of the evolving AI landscape.
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GPT-5 Wins On Developer Tasks
- OpenAI's GPT-5 disappointed chatbot users but attracted enterprise interest for coding and design tasks.
- Enterprise customers report GPT-5 gives more creative, reliable, and consistent coding results than prior models.
Startups Switching Defaults
- Startups in Silicon Valley report making GPT-5 the default for code generation, debugging, and design.
- One CTO said it's just more creative than Anthropic's models for their workflows.
Rapid Developer Uptake
- Developer adoption of GPT-5 spiked quickly with coding and agent-building use cases growing notably.
- Usage metrics show developer activity more than doubled and sophisticated reasoning uses rose eightfold.