Open AI CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 could roll out within weeks in a bid to unify the company’s chatbot models. This comes after the launch of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek rattled the United States market at a cheaper cost. DeepSeek’s emergence in the scene impacted the AI and crypto market, leading to a declining Bitcoin (BTC) price. OpenAI Seeks To Simplify AI In a recent post on X, Sam Altman shared a roadmap to GPT 4.5 and GPT 5, aiming to simplify the company’s products. The company plans to unify its previous offerings after the release of Orion (GPT—4.5), which will become the last non-chain-of-thought model. Furthermore, the o-series and GPT-series models will be unified, giving users access to a wider range of functionality. “ In both ChatGPT and our API, we will release GPT-5 as a system that integrates a lot of our technology, including o3. We will no longer ship o3 as a standalone model. The free tier of ChatGPT will get unlimited chat access to GPT-5 at the standard intelligence setting (!!), subject to abuse thresholds,” he added. Altman noted that they want AI to work just for users as opposed to what is described as complex models. Furthermore, subscribers will be able to run GPT-5 at a higher level of intelligence, while Pro subscribers will see better intelligence levels. Asked by users about the estimated arrival time, he expects delivery in weeks or months. Last month, Altman lauded DeepSeek’s impressive model, citing the market competition and stressing the need for better models. He noted that the world needs more AI as excitement builds ahead of the next generation. AI Coins Surge The crypto market has recorded positive trends in AI coins as anticipation grows. New developments from AI firms can impact traders due to the market buzz. In the last 24 hours, AI coins have surged 3%, notching trading volumes above $3.4 billion. Top coins like Near Protocol and Internet Computer have flipped green, posting 2.7% and 0.5% gains, respectively. Meanwhile, the wider crypto market continues its recent struggles after BTC’s price plummeted below 100K. At press time, Bitcoin’s price sits at $96,578, a slight 1% decline today, while several altcoins saw larger losses. The total digital asset market cap dropped to $3.17 trillion after a brief rebound the previous day.