OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 for ChatGPT Users a Week After Declaring 'Code Red'
Just a month after introducing GPT 5.1OpenAI introduced GPT-5.2the next-generation model that will power its popular chatbot. GPT-5.2 is OpenAI's "most capable model series yet for professional knowledge work."
GPT-5.2 is designed to help people get more done quicker. It's better at creating spreadsheetsbuilding presentationswriting codeperceiving imagesunderstanding long contextusing toolsand completing multi-step projects. The new model offers improved general intelligencelong-context understandingagentic tool-callingand visionso it is ideal for real-worldprofessional use.
GPT-5.2 Thinking hallucinates less than GPT-5.1 Thinkingand responses with errors were 30 percent less common. Long context capabilities have improvedand it is able to handle reportscontractspapersand multi-file projectsmaintaining accuracy across hundreds of thousands of tokens. It is also better at interpreting screenshotstechnical diagramsand visual reports.
OpenAI says that GPT-5.2 outperforms industry professionals at knowledge work tasks spanning 44 occupationswith the model scoring 70.9 percent on the GDPval test. GPT-5.1 scored 38.8 percent on that benchmarkand it is OpenAI's first model that performs at or above a human expert level.
For ChatGPT usersGPT-5.2 will feel more structured and reliableand it will have a warmermore conversational tone. OpenAI says GPT-5.2 Instant is a capable workhorse for everyday workwith improvements in info-seeking questionshow tos and walkthroughstechnical writingand translation. GPT-5.2 Thinking is meant for more complex taskslike summarizing long documentscodinganswering questions about uploaded filesand planning decisions. GPT-5.2 Pro is ideal for difficult questions where a higher-quality answer is worth waiting for.
GPT-5.2 InstantThinkingand Pro are rolling out today in ChatGPT to paid users. The API is available to all developers.
OpenAI's next-generation model comes just a week after CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red," asking employees to focus on improving ChatGPT so it doesn't fall behind competitors like Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude.
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