Could the next ChatGPT use "GPT-6-7" to embrace Gen Alpha's bizarre slang? "It's like a plague. Nobody knows what it means."

Earlier this year, OpenAI launched GPT-5, which can arguably be considered the most sought-after and long-anticipated AI model to date. This can be attributed to comments from key leaders in the industry like CEO Sam Altman, who promised with "a high degree of scientific certainty" that GPT-5 will be smarter than GPT-4 (which he admitted "kind of sucks").

However, the model seemingly failed to meet these high expectations, with multiple users expressing their frustrations with the upgrade, further claiming that it has degraded ChatGPT's user experience.

Even Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had already predicted that OpenAI's GPT technology had plateaued, citing modest improvements 2 years prior to GPT-5's launch. However, Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk seems to think that it could be a worthwhile upgrade. "OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive," Musk indicated following the model's launch.

But as it now seems, the ChatGPT maker might be looking to spice things up with GPT-5's successor. Well, at least according to the topical moniker OpenAI "plans" to use for the model.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently indicated that "GPT-6 will be renamed GPT-6-7, you're welcome" via a post on X.

For context, 6-7 is a viral term amongst Gen Alpha with an ambiguous meaning. However, Dictionary.com announced 6-7 as 2025 Word of the Year, though the site admitted that it's still trying to figure out what the term actually means.

I tried doing a bit of research on the term, but ended up even more confused. As far as I can tell, the term seems to have originated from a rap song. It's also been mentioned in South Park, and now it seems to be etched in the fabric of every school hall across the US and even the UK.

Ultimately, it seems like a catchy slang word with no apparent meaning. While speaking to CNN, Gabe Dannenbring, a seventh-grade science teacher in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, indicated:

“It’s like a plague — a virus that has taken over these kids’ minds. You can’t say any iteration of the numbers 6 or 7 without having at least 15 kids yell, ‘6-7!’”

It's unclear if Sam Altman is serious about renaming GPT-6 to GPT-6-7 or if he was just joking and hopping onto the hype. As bizarre as some tech moves can be, they could have the slightest hint of being an earnest, strategic move to foster more interest in AI among the youth.

That said, emerging trends and studies show that the youth are ditching traditional and conventional search engines like Google and Bing for AI tools like ChatGPT, which provides easy-bake answers and responses to queries, alleviating the need to read through giant blocks of text.

This can also be presumed as a subtle, more realistic hint from the executive, suggesting that OpenAI is already developing its next-gen flagship AI model poised to succeed GPT-5.

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