OpenAI's upcoming AI model, Orion, is reportedly exhibiting only marginal improvements over its predecessor, GPT-4, igniting concerns about the generative AI industry's growth potential. Employees noted that Orion's advancement is less significant compared to the leap from GPT-3 to GPT-4, particularly in coding tasks, suggesting a potential plateau in AI model development. This slowing progress is attributed to a scarcity of high-quality training data, with many companies having exhausted available datasets, leading to increased reliance on synthetic data. OpenAI is reportedly employing new strategies, including human feedback and collaboration with other AI firms, to enhance Orion's performance despite these challenges. Industry experts, including OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, are beginning to question the prevailing