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How to Describe What You’re Looking for in a New Job

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How to Describe What You’re Looking for in a New Job

Hiring managers can quickly discern whether a candidate has applied to numerous companies without investing much thought into why, or if they’re genuinely interested in a particular role. And while applying to jobs is a “numbers game” to an extent, you should approach every job interview with a clear idea of how the job aligns with your individual goals. 

It’s standard for interviewers to ask you to describe what you’re looking for in your next role. Simply reciting the job description is not going to win you points. Neither will focusing on the job title, salary, or benefits — of course these factors influenced your decision to apply for the role, but they’re not relevant to this question.  

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Your interviewer is trying to learn more about you and understand what got you excited about applying for this role. So, how should you describe what you’re looking for in your next job? The first step is to get clear on what you want. Ahead we’ll break down how to pinpoint your goal, what to say (and avoid saying), and provide example answers to help you craft your own.   

How to describe what you’re looking for in your next job 

Being a good match for a role often goes beyond ticking boxes on a job description, says Jean du Plessis, Senior Engineering Manager at the cloud platform Upbound. A savvy hiring manager seeks diversity in their team and embraces individuals with different strengths that balance each other out, he says. If you only address what’s outlined in the job description, you’ll blend in as just another candidate.  

The person interviewing you is “constantly matching data points about you with what they know they need on the team,” Jean says. They’re looking for folks who are passionate, confident in their strengths, and aware of areas where they need to improve, he says. 

In other words, this isn’t a throwaway interview question: “People who don’t have a good answer as to what they’re looking for in their career come across as somebody who doesn’t have a growth mindset or looking to learn and improve,” Jean says. A murky answer also fails to demonstrate your excitement about the potential this role offers. “If you don’t know what you want, it’s hard for the interviewer to believe that this role is going to be a good fit for you.” 

Think about your future career goals 

It’s helpful if you can speak to how you’re looking to grow in your career. You don’t have to climb the corporate ladder or found your own company, but you should be able to articulate your career development aspirations. That way you can connect the dots between where you are now, where you want to go, and how this role helps you along your path.  

“Identify how the role is going to help you grow further in your career towards your end goal,” says Jean. “It’s okay if the role is a stepping stone. Don’t be shy to say you’ve got bigger ambitions but have the humility to acknowledge that it’s going to take a while for you to get there.”  

Make it clear that the role is aligned with what you need to do in your career to get to where you want to be one day, Jean says. “That shows you’re thinking about the big picture, more than just what’s ahead of you, which for a hiring manager is great signal to get as well.” 

4 ways to answer what you’re ideally looking for in your next role 

There are a few directions you can go when asked what you’re looking for in your next job. Here are four examples of how to answer this question:  

You’re looking to develop technical skills 

In this response, you can highlight that you’re seeking opportunities to develop specific hard skills, or gain more exposure to a type of technology or framework you’re interested in. For example, if you’ve worked as a Data Scientist, you might be targeting roles in the AI and machine learning space. Or if you were a Junior Developer going for a more senior role, you might be eager to take on more design and implementation work and spend less time writing code for features.  

Developers are constantly learning on the job, so it’s a good signal to interviewers if you’re actively interested in upskilling and learning new languages and technologies. This is a great opportunity to share any side projects (like hackathons or open-source projects) that got you interested in a new language or style of architecture.  

Example answer: “I’m excited about the prospect of joining a startup where I can contribute my skills and grow as a developer. I’m particularly interested in opportunities to hone my expertise in certain programming languages or gain exposure to emerging technologies or frameworks.

For example, I’m eager to deepen my understanding of machine learning and AI — I see where the industry is headed, and believe these technologies hold immense potential for the future. Additionally, I’m keen to expand my proficiency in cloud computing platforms like AWS or Azure, as they are increasingly integral to modern software development. 

Overall, I’m seeking a role where I can immerse myself in challenging projects that allow me to leverage my existing skills and acquire new ones, so I can contribute to the growth and success of the team and the company.”  

You want to level up your soft skills 

You could also focus your answer on getting experience that grows your soft skills, like working more cross-functionally or mentoring others. If you work on a small team and are applying to a larger organization, you could say that you’re looking for opportunities to learn from Senior Engineers.  

Maybe you’re motivated to take more ownership of your projects and develop your project management muscle — these are all thoughtful and valid answers that show you’re thinking beyond what’s listed in the job spec.  

Example answer: “Beyond contributing my technical capabilities, I’m seeking a role where I can also grow as a mentor and collaborator and contribute to a supportive and high-performing team culture. Specifically, I’m looking for a position where I can enhance my abilities in mentoring and cross-functional collaboration. 

I believe that strong soft skills are essential for fostering a positive team dynamic and driving successful project outcomes. As a self-taught developer, I want to share my knowledge and expertise with others while also learning from their perspectives and experiences. Similarly, I’m eager to work in an environment that encourages cross-functional collaboration, because I believe that diverse perspectives and skill sets lead to more innovative solutions.”  

You’re seeking a specific work environment 

If you’re a self-taught developer and have been working independently, you might be excited about working as part of a team in a more collaborative environment.  

Startups and big corporations have very different, but valuable, skills to teach you. You could call out something you’re hoping to gain from a transition if that’s the case for you. Learning to iterate and ship quickly is common in small startups, while larger organizations may provide more support for you to work with and learn from other teams. It’s best to focus on what you’re excited about with this new opportunity, rather than focusing on what you don’t like about your current role. 

Example answer: “In my previous roles, I’ve gained valuable experience navigating the fast-paced and dynamic environment of startups, but now I’m eager to explore the stability and structure offered by an established post-IPO company. 

One of the main reasons I’m seeking a role at a public company is the opportunity for long-term growth and stability, well-defined processes, resources, and a proven track record. Additionally, I’m interested in experiencing the scale and scope of projects that are often found in larger organizations, which can offer valuable learning opportunities and exposure to complex systems and technologies. 

I’m keen to be part of a company that has a strong brand presence and a global impact. Working at an established public company can provide me with a platform to collaborate with diverse teams and contribute to projects that have a broad reach and significance.”  

You care about the company’s mission 

It’s okay if what you’re ideally looking for in your next job has more to do with the company than the role itself. Maybe the company’s mission and the problems it solves align with your own mission and values in some way. Or, you might have a personal connection to the type of customer the business serves. If you weren’t looking for a new role but this opening stood out to you because have been looking for an opportunity to work in the industry or you admire the company, share this with the interviewer. It’s proof that you’re passionate about the role. 

Of course, you will still need to be able to speak to how you’re a fit for the role itself, but managers know that developers can get laser focused on the specifics of their unique role, losing sight of the business goals. Showing genuine enthusiasm for the bigger picture can be a big green flag for interviewers.  

Example answer: “The idea of contributing my skills and expertise to a company dedicated to developing innovative technologies that combat climate change is incredibly motivating for me. I’m passionate about environmental sustainability, and I believe that working for a tech company in this space will allow me to make a tangible impact. I’m drawn to the collaborative and forward-thinking culture often found in climate tech companies and I’m eager to be part of a team that is committed to leveraging technology to address global challenges.” 

This type of interview question is just as important to prepare for as your technical interview questions. If you want a safe space to practice, check out our new Interview Simulator and use the power of AI to build your confidence in interviews. 

Enhance your resume with ChatGPT

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Enhance your resume with ChatGPT

(GenAI) when we talked about refining your career goals. This week, we’ll take it a step further with some practical applications of GenAI that you can incorporate into your everyday tasks.

As instructor Andrew Ng explains in DeepLearning.AI’s Generative AI for Everyone course, AI is a general purpose technology—meaning it has a wide range of applications—and GenAI is currently well-positioned to execute three types of tasks: reading, writing, and chatting. (Watch this lecture video for examples of each of those tasks in action.)

Chances are, you are doing at least one of those tasks every day, which means you may be able to find opportunities to practice your GenAI skills in your daily movements. For example, if you like to start your day by catching up on the news, try prompting Google Bard, “What are this morning’s top news stories?”

To illustrate how GenAI can enhance routine tasks, let’s return to one of our favorite topics here on Career Chat, the job search, and more specifically, resume writing.

Using GenAI to update your resume

It’s always a good idea to have an updated resume on hand. After all, you never know when the perfect opportunity will come along. Now, tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard can make this maintenance a bit easier.

Before you begin prompting, you’ll need:

  1. The most recent version of your resume
  2. A job description for the role you’re working toward

Then, try the following prompt:

You are an Applicant Tracking System programmed by a professional recruiter to identify candidates for an open job role with the following listing:

[Paste your job description]

Identify relevant resume keywords. Then, assess the strengths and weaknesses of a candidate with the following resume:

[Paste your resume]

Use the resume keywords as a checklist of words to include in your resume. Your strengths will reflect the resume items you should lead with on your resume, helping you determine how to best organize your experience bullets or what to include in your resume summary. Your weaknesses will tell you the new experiences you should add to your resume or potential growth areas if you don’t currently have those skills.

Another option is to use the chatbot to edit your individual resume sections. One way to do this is with the simple prompt:

Edit these resume bullets for clarity, according to resume best practices, and to better map to the skills in the job description:

[Paste your work experience bullets]

Or for a resume summary, try:

Edit this resume summary according to resume best practices and to better map to the skills in the job description:

[Paste your resume summary]

For more resume tips, read our guide, How to Use ChatGPT to Write Your Resume.

Explore more practical AI skills

  • In IBM’s Generative AI Fundamentals Specialization, you’ll learn foundational GenAI skills and concepts including use cases, prompting, ethics, and transformative applications.
  • Vanderbilt University’s Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT is a very popular deep-dive into prompting techniques so that you can use ChatGPT more effectively and efficiently.
  • In DeepLearning.AI’s AI for Good Specialization, you’ll explore the ways AI is being used to address real-world issues related to public health, climate change, and disaster management.

That’s all for this week. Before you go, tell us in the comments: What’s been your favorite way to use ChatGPT so far?

Weekly Student New Quiz: Israel-Hamas War, N.B.A. M.V.P., Chuck E. Cheese

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Weekly Student New Quiz: Israel-Hamas War, N.B.A. M.V.P., Chuck E. Cheese

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed this past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you’ll find the answer.

Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.

Do We Talk Too Much About Mental Health?

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Do We Talk Too Much About Mental Health?

In “Are We Talking Too Much About Mental Health?” Ellen Barry writes about recent studies that have cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can be harmful. The article begins:

In recent years, mental health has become a central subject in childhood and adolescence. Teenagers narrate their psychiatric diagnosis and treatment on TikTok and Instagram. School systems, alarmed by rising levels of distress and self-harm, are introducing preventive coursework in emotional self-regulation and mindfulness.

Now, some researchers warn that we are in danger of overdoing it. Mental health awareness campaigns, they argue, help some young people identify disorders that badly need treatment — but they have a negative effect on others, leading them to over-interpret their symptoms and see themselves as more troubled than they are.

The researchers point to unexpected results in trials of school-based mental health interventions in the United Kingdom and Australia: Students who underwent training in the basics of mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy did not emerge healthier than peers who did not participate, and some were worse off, at least for a while.

And new research from the United States shows that among young people, “self-labeling” as having depression or anxiety is associated with poor coping skills, like avoidance or rumination.

In a paper published last year, two research psychologists at the University of Oxford, Lucy Foulkes and Jack Andrews, coined the term “prevalence inflation” — driven by the reporting of mild or transient symptoms as mental health disorders — and suggested that awareness campaigns were contributing to it.

“It’s creating this message that teenagers are vulnerable, they’re likely to have problems, and the solution is to outsource them to a professional,” said Dr. Foulkes, a Prudence Trust Research Fellow in Oxford’s department of experimental psychology, who has written two books on mental health and adolescence.

Until high-quality research has clarified these unexpected negative effects, they argue, school systems should proceed cautiously with large-scale mental health interventions.

“It’s not that we need to go back to square one, but it’s that we need to press pause and reroute potentially,” Dr. Foulkes said. “It’s possible that something very well-intended has overshot a bit and needs to be brought back in.”

This remains a minority view among specialists in adolescent mental health, who mostly agree that the far more urgent problem is lack of access to treatment.

About 60 percent of young Americans with severe depression receive no treatment, according to Mental Health America, a nonprofit research group. In crisis, desperate families fall back on emergency rooms, where teens often remain for days before a psychiatric bed opens up. There is good reason to embrace a preventive approach, teaching schoolchildren basic skills that might forestall crises later, experts say.

Dr. Foulkes said she understood that her argument runs counter to that consensus, and when she began to present it, she braced for a backlash. To her surprise, she said, many educators reached out to express quiet agreement.

“There’s definitely a fear about being the one to say it,” she said.

  • What do you think about the current focus — from parents, schools, social media influencers, even the surgeon general — on young people’s mental health? Is it an important issue that you are glad is being addressed? Or have we crossed a line into talking about mental health too much?

  • Is social and emotional learning a part of your school’s curriculum, or have you participated in a mental health program at school, like one of those described in the article? If so, what was the program like? What kinds of things did you learn? Did you think the program or curriculum was helpful? If so, in what ways? If not, why not?

  • What, if any, benefits have you experienced from learning more about mental health? How has that knowledge improved your life?

  • Have you ever experienced any of the negative effects that were described in the article? For example, have you ever diagnosed yourself with a condition that might not have been accurate? Or felt as if you were learning only about problems and not about solutions, leading you to feel hopeless about a situation? Do you see young people glorifying mental health disorders?

  • Lucy Foulkes, one of the research psychologists interviewed in the article, suggested that schools should “press pause” on mental health programs because of the potential negative effects they may have. But Lucy Kim, a Yale senior who has lobbied for better mental health support on campus, said that stigma and barriers to treatment remain the bigger problem. With whom do you agree more and why? When it comes to the mental health of young people in your community, what do you see as the most pressing issue?

  • What suggestions do you have for how schools might approach mental health education, if you think they should address it at all? For example, is mental health education something that all students should get? Or should mental health education be targeted to those who need it most? What, if anything, would you be interested in learning about?

    • Soapbox Derby

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    Soapbox Derby

    Last Saturday, students in the Bronx who have spent months designing and assembling their own soapbox cars competed for a place in the Soap Box Derby World Championship.

    One winning New York City team will be sent to the championship in Akron, Ohio, this summer to join nearly 400 other contestants from around the world.

    The cars were created as part of the school district’s science curriculum. Constructing the cars allowed students and their teachers to take a break from books, applying the concepts of physics and aerodynamics to test runs in the hallways and cafeteria.

    Have you ever done a fun or engaging real-world project as a part of a school class? Whether in science, English. social studies, math, art or gym — or in elementary, middle or high school — what memorable projects have you worked on that had an audience outside the classroom? What did you learn?

    Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn more — and find out about the 11-year-old who won!

    Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public and may appear in print.

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    Word of the Day: rancorous

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    Word of the Day: rancorous

    The word rancorous has appeared in 40 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 18 in “The Department of Homeland Security Is Embracing A.I.” by Cecilia Kang:

    The Department of Homeland Security has seen the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence firsthand. It found a trafficking victim years later using an A.I. tool that conjured an image of the child a decade older. But it has also been tricked into investigations by deep fake images created by A.I.

    … The plan to incorporate generative A.I. throughout the agency is the latest demonstration of how new technology like OpenAI’s ChatGPT is forcing even the most staid industries to re-evaluate the way they conduct their work. Still, government agencies like the D.H.S. are likely to face some of the toughest scrutiny over the way they use the technology, which has set off rancorous debate because it has proved at times to be unreliable and discriminatory.

    Can you correctly use the word rancorous in a sentence?

    Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. It is most important that your sentence makes sense and demonstrates that you understand the word’s definition, but we also encourage you to be creative and have fun.

    If you want a better idea of how rancorous can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com. You can also visit this guide to learn how to use IPA symbols to show how different words are pronounced.

    If you enjoy this daily challenge, try our vocabulary quizzes.

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    Announcing Microsoft as our first-ever Make-a-Thon partner to help Coursera employees spark innovation in AI

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    Announcing Microsoft as our first-ever Make-a-Thon partner to help Coursera employees spark innovation in AI

    By Mustafa Furniturewala, Chief Technology Officer

    We’re thrilled to welcome Microsoft as our first industry partner to join Coursera’s 19th Make-a-Thon, an annual event where our teams, regardless of technical experience, explore new ideas that could help revolutionize online learning. Since our partnership began in 2021, Microsoft has continually worked alongside us to deliver in-demand programs to learners across the globe, and their participation in this year’s Make-a-Thon comes at a key moment as we continue to embrace and explore the power of generative AI on the platform.

    Our collaboration with Microsoft for this year’s event enables Coursera employees to leverage advanced tools like Azure AI Studio to quickly build AI solutions while training models using relevant data. Employees can also participate in-person from around the world via Microsoft Garages, spaces built for collaborative innovation. 

    “At Microsoft, we’re driving innovation to empower learners globally. Our collaboration with Coursera for the Make-a-Thon is a pivotal moment where tech and education merge, shaping the path to the future.” said Paige Johnson, Vice President, Education and Media Industry Marketing at Microsoft. “Together, we ignite a transformational journey, unlocking AI’s potential and creating unparalleled opportunities. This Make-a-Thon is more than an event; it’s our shared commitment to drive meaningful change.”

    Our theme for this year’s Make-a-Thon is “Path to the Future” – and aims to ignite our collective creativity and innovation, harnessing the power of AI to make a substantial impact on our business, our products, and our everyday lives. Features such as AI Grading and machine translated subtitles  have come from previous Make-a-Thon projects, demonstrating how an idea can truly contribute to solving a need.

    Today, Microsoft’s courses, Specializations, and Professional Certificates on Coursera have reached more than 500,000  learners around the world. We’re proud to deepen our partnership with Microsoft through shared innovation opportunities for our employees. We look forward to seeing the incredible outcomes from this year’s event.

    Paving the way to a management career in one year through Gies

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    Paving the way to a management career in one year through Gies

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    When it comes to earning an advanced degree like the Master of Science in Management (MSM) from Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), time is of the essence for many learners. This was the case for Karl Galko, as he was looking to grow his career by preparing for management positions.

    Like a lot of working professionals, Karl hoped to maintain the momentum he had built in his career while still acquiring the new skills and credentials he needed to stand out. To do this, he had to have a program where he could learn effectively in a short amount of time. But was it possible to have an enriching student experience in a degree program on such an ambitious timeline? Karl was about to find out.

    Karl was working in public relations as he was deciding how to approach a master’s program. “The short term commitment of the iMSM was attractive, as I didn’t have the time,” he recalls, adding, “The curriculum really fit into what I was looking for. I wanted management-based skills to help me in my career.” While feeling like he had found the degree for him, Karl had to be sure he’d enjoy the online learning he’d be doing. He says, “I wanted to take some courses to test the online learning environment. I took some courses from Gies, really liked them, and decided to apply for the degree.”

    The courses Karl took before enrolling in the degree program would indeed be a preview of the enriching student experience that was to come with the iMSM. Karl specifically tells us, “Global business courses were great. Global projects were interesting and a highlight.” He also mentions, “Managerial accounting was one of my favorite courses. I personally struggled with accounting, but the course was structured in a good way.”

    Beyond these noteworthy courses, Karl was pleasantly surprised by the unique encounters he had because he chose an online program from a globally revered university. With his peers in the program hailing from different parts of the world, Karl remembers, “The diverse group of students that brought in a varied perspective to projects was thought-provoking and made the projects more impactful.”

    Although the iMSM from Gies is earned online, students in the program have optional in-person opportunities as well. Through the annual event known as iConverge, online learners can visit the UIUC campus, meet their fellow students, and attend a Fighting Illini football game. Online learners can participate in Gies immersion opportunities, too—including in-person and virtual experiences where you study regional business somewhere in the United States over a few days or global business somewhere in the world over a full week. Even graduating in person is a possibility, as online learners can proudly walk across the stage to receive their diploma just like on-campus students.

    Karl tells others, “Try to make in-person events if possible.” He toured the campus, met the instructors, and went to graduation himself—and he wished he had been able to go on the immersion trip that was offered during his time at Gies.

    Since completing the iMSM program in 2022, Karl has seen how continuing his education through Gies has progressed his career. He reports it brought him to his role as an advisor for the graduate programs for the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin. There, he’s been promoted from career coordinator to assistant director of employer relations. He shares, “In my role as the advisor to the graduate programs at the University of Wisconsin, I was able to connect with my former classmates to facilitate connections for my current students in their job searches.”

    Karl’s example is one that can be emulated by all working professionals desiring to move into managerial roles. With his aggressive goals in mind, he earned the skills and credentials he needed, and the results speak for themselves. When you’ve reached the point that you want to prepare for such positions, you can learn effectively in a short amount of time with the Gies iMSM. Check it out today and consider the potential impact you can make on your own career.

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    Here’s What We Know About GPT-4o (& What to Expect from GPT-5)

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    Here’s What We Know About GPT-4o (& What to Expect from GPT-5)

    Today, OpenAI announced its newest AI model, called GPT-4o. The “o” stands for “omni,” because GPT-4o can accept text, audio, and image input and deliver outputs in any combination of these mediums.

    Buzz about a new generative pre-trained transformer from OpenAI has been circulating for months. “We’re going to make the model smarter; it’s going to be better at everything across the board,” Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said discussing future iterations of GPT at the World Government Summit in January. “This is a bigger deal than it sounds because what makes these models so magical is that they’re general.”

    Performance typically scales linearly with data and model size unless there’s a major architectural breakthrough, explains Joe Holmes, Curriculum Developer at Codecademy who specializes in AI and machine learning. “However, I still think even incremental improvements will generate surprising new behavior,” he says. Indeed, watching the OpenAI team perform live translation, guide a stressed person through breathing exercises, and tutor algebra problems with GPT-4o is pretty amazing.

    While we still don’t know when GPT-5 will come out, this new release provides more insight about what a smarter and better GPT could really be capable of. Ahead we’ll break down what we know about GPT-5, how it could compare to previous GPT models, and what we hope comes out of this new release.

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    A brief timeline of GPT models

    June 2018

    GPT-1

    OpenAI put generative pre-trained language models on the map in 2018, with the release of GPT-1. This groundbreaking model was based on transformers, a specific type of neural network architecture (the “T” in GPT) and trained on a dataset of over 7,000 unique unpublished books. You can learn about transformers and how to work with them in our free course Intro to AI Transformers.

    February 2019

    GPT-2

    In late 2019, OpenAI developed GPT-2, the successor to GPT-1. This large transformer-based language model had 1.5 billion parameters — variables that the model learns from data during training — and was trained on a dataset of 8 million web pages. For context: that’s 10 times the parameters and data as GPT-1 used.

    June 2020

    GPT-3

    With GPT-3, OpenAI upped the number of parameters to 175 billion.

    November 2022

    GPT-3.5

    In November 2022, ChatGPT entered the chat, adding chat functionality and the ability to conduct human-like dialogue to the foundational model. The first iteration of ChatGPT was fine-tuned from GPT-3.5, a model between 3 and 4. If you want to learn more about ChatGPT and prompt engineering best practices, our free course Intro to ChatGPT is a great way to understand how to work with this powerful tool.

    March 2023

    GPT-4

    The latest GPT model came out in March 2023 and is “more reliable, creative, and able to handle much more nuanced instructions than GPT-3.5,” according to the OpenAI blog about the release. In the video below, Greg Brockman, President and Co-Founder of OpenAI, shows how the newest model handles prompts in comparison to GPT-3.5.

    May 2024

    GPT-4o

    OpenAI announced their new AI model called GPT-4o, which stands for “omni.” It can respond to audio input incredibly fast and has even more advanced vision and audio capabilities.

    TBD

    GPT-5

    An official release date for GPT-5 hasn’t been announced yet.

    What to expect from GPT-5

    Even more multimodality

    When Bill Gates had Sam Altman on his podcast in January, Sam said that “multimodality” will be an important milestone for GPT in the next five years. In an AI context, multimodality describes an AI model that can receive and generate more than just text, but other types of input like images, speech, and video.

    In September 2023, OpenAI announced ChatGPT’s enhanced multimodal capabilities, enabling you to have a verbal conversation with the chatbot, while GPT-4 with Vision can interpret images and respond to questions about them. And in February, OpenAI introduced a text-to-video model called Sora, which is currently not available to the public.

    The newest model, GPT-4o, uses one neural network to process all different types of input: audio, vision, and text. For example, you could use your device’s camera to show ChatGPT an object and say, “I’m learning Spanish, how do you say the name of this item in Spanish?” The new model will detect what the object is and translate it incredibly quickly. Take a look at this demo video from OpenAI to see it in action:

    Future GPT upgrades will expand on the modalities that ChatGPT can work with: “Clearly, people really want that,” Sam said on the podcast Unconfuse Me. “We’ve launched images and audio, and it had a much stronger response than we expected.”

    Improved “reasoning” and accuracy

    AI systems can’t reason, understand, or think — but they can compute, process, and calculate probabilities at a high level that’s convincing enough to seem human-like. And these capabilities will become even more sophisticated with the next GPT models.

    “Maybe the most important areas of progress will be around reasoning ability,” Sam said on Unconfuse Me. “Right now, GPT-4 can reason in only extremely limited ways.” GPT-5 will likely be able to solve problems with greater accuracy because it’ll be trained on even more data with the help of more powerful computation.

    “Pre-training” is the process where the model learns from training data to generate probability distributions. The more diverse and robust the training data is, the better AI is at generating new content.

    One thing to keep an eye on is the context window, Joe says. A token is a chunk of text, usually a little smaller than a word, that’s represented numerically when it’s passed to the model. “It’s basically how the model understands language,” Joe says. Every model has a context window that represents how many tokens it can process at once. GPT-4o currently has a context window of 128,000, while Google’s Gemini 1.5 has a context window of up to 1 million tokens.

    “If GPT-5 makes similarly huge context available to the public I think it’ll have profound implications for research, learning, and analysis across a variety of domains,” Joe says. “You’ll be able to paste huge amounts of knowledge into a single question you’re asking the model, saving countless hours and dramatically increasing the productivity of knowledge work.”

    Customization capabilities

    The ability to customize and personalize GPTs for specific tasks or styles is one of the most important areas of improvement, Sam said on Unconfuse Me. Currently, OpenAI allows anyone with ChatGPT Plus or Enterprise to build and explore custom “GPTs” that incorporate instructions, skills, or additional knowledge. Codecademy actually has a custom GPT (formerly known as a “plugin”) that you can use to find specific courses and search for Docs. Take a look at the GPT Store to see the creative GPTs that people are building.

    Sam hinted that future iterations of GPT could allow developers to incorporate users’ own data. “The ability to know about you, your email, your calendar, how you like appointments booked, connected to other outside data sources, all of that,” he said on the podcast.

    How to use GPT-5

    The release date for GPT-5 hasn’t been announced yet, but it’s safe to say that it’s in the works. (OpenAI had been working on GPT-4 for at least two years before it officially launched.)

    GPT-4o will be available for everyone, even people with ChatGPT’s free membership tier (paid ChatGPT Plus subscribers have higher message limits). Additionally, developers can access GPT-4o through the API as a text and vision model. You can select the model you want to work with from a dropdown menu in ChatGPT:

    You can change the model you work with in ChatGPT by clicking the dropdown menu.

    TL;DR

    So, what does all this mean for you, a programmer who’s learning about AI and curious about the future of this amazing technology? The upcoming model GPT-5 may offer significant improvements in speed and efficiency, so there’s reason to be optimistic and excited about its problem-solving capabilities. But it’s not going to instantly change the world.

    “People have these unrealistic expectations that GPT-5 is going to be doing back flips in the background in my bedroom while it also writes all my code for me and talks on the phone with my mom or something like that,” Logan Kilpatrick, Head of DevRel at OpenAI, said on an episode of Lenny’s Podcast. “I’m like, ‘That’s not the case.’ It’s just going to be this very effective tool, very similar to GPT-4, and it’s also going to be become very normal very quickly.”

    It’s crucial to view any flashy AI release through a pragmatic lens and manage your expectations. As AI practitioners, it’s on us to be careful, considerate, and aware of the shortcomings whenever we’re deploying language model outputs, especially in contexts with high stakes.

    The best way to prepare for GPT-5 is to keep familiarizing yourself with the GPT models that are available. You can start by taking our AI courses that cover the latest AI topics, from Intro to ChatGPT to Build a Machine Learning Model and Intro to Large Language Models. We also have AI courses and case studies in our catalog that incorporate a chatbot that’s powered by GPT-3.5, so you can get hands-on experience writing, testing, and refining prompts for specific tasks using the AI system. For example, in Pair Programming with Generative AI Case Study, you can learn prompt engineering techniques to pair program in Python with a ChatGPT-like chatbot. Look at all of our new AI features to become a more efficient and experienced developer who’s ready once GPT-5 comes around.

    Blueprint for success: Lisa’s degree story began with two certificates from HEC Paris

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    Blueprint for success: Lisa’s degree story began with two certificates from HEC Paris

    Lisa is a proud mom and homeschool teacher in Barbados, the most easterly island of the Caribbean Archipelago. She dreams of starting a business that supports other businesses caring for their employees. She wants to provide them with health services that feel safe to access. With this dream in mind, Lisa is earning her MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris. But how’d she find her way to this inventive program from the business school ranked first in Europe by the Financial Times? She began with two University Certificates from HEC Paris, earning credit towards the degree program before she ever even enrolled in it.

    You see, learners like Lisa have multiple University Certificates to choose from, if they want to get a valuable credential now while also seeing if further learning might be for them. Lisa chose the Leading Innovation With Creativity University Certificate and the Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship University Certificate. “HEC Paris certificates stood out for me because they are credit eligible and there is a clear path shown to the MSc program,” she reveals, adding, “Doing the certificates helped me to enroll because I thought it was a good indication of the degree workload and expectations.”

    With the online format, Lisa found she could learn at her own pace without straining her time or finances. She could estimate the time her studies would take her each week, and she’d spend a few hours on the program most days. Lisa describes the Coursera platform as easy to navigate, emphasizing she’s able to keep a record of her accomplishments and benefit from valuable feedback. She appreciated getting the viewpoints of her peers via discussion prompts too, and she enjoys the congratulatory messages she receives when she finishes a task because it feels like a celebration of her success.

    From her certificate programs to her degree program, Lisa notes, “All the effort put in has value. Each course complements the other in the way it is built and delivered.” She also mentions, “The courses are all interesting on their own. The information can be applied right away. Tangible results are experienced.” Looking back now on her experience, Lisa tells us she was able to go beyond acquiring knowledge by learning how to apply and refine it as well. When asked why she preferred learning from HEC Paris on Coursera, Lisa says the university is globally recognized with great staff and strong alumni—plus, the cost isn’t prohibitive and it’s accessible because of the online platform.

    Lisa goes on to say that the skills she’s learned have helped her change careers. She cites new strategic skills for innovation and negotiation, as well as new design skills for creativity and organization. She also highlights new skills in areas like leadership, marketing, analysis, and communication. Ultimately, Lisa tells us she’s learned so much both personally and professionally, gaining a wonderful perspective on how she and her business can thrive.
    For other learners who may be considering a similar path with HEC Paris, Lisa wants you to know that learning online doesn’t mean you’re learning alone. She points out the people who’ll support you want you to succeed, and that you can make use of the many available resources while also asking for help when you need it. If you’re thinking of switching or advancing your career in the business world, check out the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship today and see if earning a University Certificate from HEC Paris could be one of your first steps.

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