Know Your Models
ChatGPT (GPT-5 family)
OpenAI · Lesson 1 of 14
The careful thinker for messy, high-stakes work.
GPT-5 style models are built to slow down and reason before they answer.
They hold long instructions in mind, so a 12-step checklist stays in order.
They also read pictures, so you can hand them a screenshot or a scanned form.
You pay more, and deep thinking takes longer, so save it for work that matters.
Best at
- Following long, picky instructions
- Hard reasoning: contracts, bids, edge cases
- Reading text plus images in one request
Watch out for
- Slower and pricier when reasoning is turned up
- Overkill for one-line, high-volume jobs
Try it yourself
Paste a 40-page subcontract and ask for the five riskiest clauses, ranked.
Where we use it in the Academy
Writing new glossary entries and grading open-ended quiz answers.