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The new GPT-5 update explained • Updates on AI course

Published 20 days ago • 1 min read

ChatGPT-5 Update for Academics

Dear Scholar,

The big topic in AI news this week has been the release of ChatGPT-5 just a few days ago. I spent my weekend testing out different scenarios and writing an in-depth review of what has changed and how that influences your academic career.

For those who have purchased my Effortless AI course, I have also recorded two new videos about the details and implications of this major release.

Subjectively speaking, GPT-5 is just a better, more intuitive version of ChatGPT. It decides autonomously how long it will spend on answering your queries and sometimes requires a slightly different prompting approach. In the article, I test three use cases: Writing and synthesising, peer reviewing, and data analysis. All three use cases are based on my actual data, not just demos. The most palpable difference is the level of detail with which the queries are answered.

Effortless AI Course Update

GPT-5 is an update that warrants a little bit of explanation. I decided to record two brand new videos for my Effortless AI course explaining the functionality of GPT-5, going step by step through a series of examples on how to use it, and the longer-term implications for us as academics.

(On a personal side note, it's the first time that I'm recording in my new basement studio with much higher audio, video, and post-production quality!)

Effortless AI is all about using custom GPTs to create a team of assistants that can help you solve any academic issue faster and better. I have built dozens of assistants to help me do everything from reading to understanding to synthesising information. Most importantly, AI does the lion's share of my academic writing these days.

The basis are CustomGPTs, which is precisely what you will learn in this course.

Automatic discounts of up to 60% are available for lower-income countries (blue banner at the top of the website) and students (just email me)!

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Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

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Ilya Shabanov, The Effortless Academic​

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P.S.: Have you signed up for the free 21-day digital note-taking and knowledge management course yet? If not, it will greatly help your career!

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