August AI news

August was mainly marked by releases from OpenAI, but much more happened. We saw the introduction of GPT-5, open-source models and the new Codex IDE. Anthropic introduced the millionth context and Google showed two new models for working with images.

GPT-5

OpenAI has launched a new generation of its GPT-5 model. What's new?

• Multiple versions for different needs: standard, mini and nano. Mini and nano versions are optimized for speed and price, standard offers balanced performance.
• Cheaper operation: router distributes queries between models → more efficient use of resources.
• Less accommodating responses: the GPT-5 minimizes over-accommodating "sycophancy", improves the interpretation of advanced questions and better adapts the communication style.
• Focus on technical roles: better results in technical and programming tasks, even though solutions may take longer.
• Integration: access to external services (GitHub, Google Drive, Gmail, Calendar) for Plus users.
• Reasoning effort: the ability to set how "deeply" the model should reason.
• Verbosity: checking the length and detail of the answer (concise vs. explanatory).
• Custom tools: tools defined in plain text or using context-free grammar → more flexible work with tool calls.

GPT OSS

OpenAI also introduced open source models

• two models with 20M and 120M parameters, they have quite different architecture
• given their size, both achieve very good results
• use → only part of the model is activated when queried
• emphasis on sustainability and resource optimization

GPT Real time

The next release from OpenAI is a model optimized for live scenarios, especially call centers.

• speech-to-speech
• also handles video inputs
• can call tools using MCP

OpenAI Codex IDE

OpenAI is expanding its portfolio for developers as well.

• new coding assistant directly in the IDE
• available under the OpenAI Single License
• handles full agent mode for vibe coding, like Claude Code

Claude 4 Sonnet

Anthropic has come up with a major shift: the Claude 4 Sonnet now handles in context. This means the ability to work with a huge amount of text at once. This is also reflected in the price.