ChatGPT update delivers substantial performance gains, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

OpenAI released a recent update to ChatGPT that produced substantial performance gains. Sam Altman, the company's co-founder and CEO, stated that the improvements were notable and credited the team. Posts about the update link to his original statement and highlight anticipation for further product changes.

Original post

OPSA#8Sam Altman|@SAMA

chatgpt has gotten soooo much better with the latest update. really proud of the team for this one.

11:04 AM · May 18, 2026 View on X

ORIGINAL POSTSA#8Sam Altman|@SAMA

chatgpt has gotten soooo much better with the latest update.

really proud of the team for this one.

6:04 PM · May 18, 2026 · 486.8K Views

QUOTE POSTRS#612Ravid Shwartz Ziv|@ZIV_RAVID

Someone needs to write the sociology paper on how and why AI CEOs tweet like they're texting their college roommate at 2am. working title: "lowercase and authentic: Performative Humility in the Twitter Discourse of AI Executives, 2022–2026"

SASam Altman@sama

chatgpt has gotten soooo much better with the latest update. really proud of the team for this one.

6:04 PM · May 18, 2026 · 486.8K Views

7:42 PM · May 18, 2026 · 276 Views

QUOTE POST🍓🍓#1711🍓🍓🍓|@IRULETHEWORLDMO

here it comes.

SASam Altman@sama

chatgpt has gotten soooo much better with the latest update. really proud of the team for this one.

6:04 PM · May 18, 2026 · 486.8K Views

6:21 PM · May 18, 2026 · 25K Views