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OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert
Company claims new AI model tops Gemini and matches humans on 70% of work tasks.
TL;DR
- OpenAI released GPT-5.2 in three versions: Instant, Thinking, and Pro.
- The new models aim to unlock more economic value and improve performance on tasks like coding, spreadsheets, and presentations.
- GPT-5.2 has a 400,000-token context window and a knowledge cutoff of August 31, 2025.
- The release is seen as a response to competitive pressure from Google's Gemini 3 model.
- OpenAI shared benchmarks showing GPT-5.2 Thinking outperforming Gemini 3 Pro and Claude Opus 4.5 on specific coding and science benchmarks.
- GPT-5.2 Thinking reportedly hallucinates substantially less than its predecessor, GPT-5.1.