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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has tempered expectations surrounding the release of GPT-5, suggesting that the upcoming iteration of the language model may only offer modest improvements. This perspective, which aligns with the sentiment of some AI enthusiasts, was recently highlighted in a discussion on the Reddit forum r/artificialintelligence: [https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1mncv8r/bill_gates_was_skeptical_that_gpt5_would_offer/](https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1mncv8r/bill_gates_was_skeptical_that_gpt5_would_offer/). Gates’ comments suggest a growing realism within the AI community regarding the pace of advancements in large language models.