OpenAI is pushing its newest model into the market with a performance jump built for real work, delivering sharper reasoning, stronger task execution and a smoother experience across long documents and multi-step workflows.
In a new product release, OpenAI says GPT-5.2 is designed to do better on complex, meaningful work than earlier versions.
It scores higher on real-world benchmarks that measure task performance involving spreadsheets, presentations, math, science, logic and reasoning. The company says the model can handle longer inputs—like long reports, big documents, extended code, and multi-step problems—without losing track of what matters. It keeps coherence and accuracy across much larger inputs.
GPT-5.2 also integrates better with external tools and workflows, helping it complete tasks that involve multiple steps that rely on specific logic or external data sources. OpenAI adds that it’s better at understanding visual inputs such as images of charts, diagrams, screenshots or data dashboards, and combining the data with text reasoning. On evaluated tasks, it outperforms experts on many knowledge work benchmarks and does so faster and cheaper when paired with human oversight.
For everyday users, OpenAI says GPT-5 is better at writing, summarizing, explaining complicated concepts and keeping track of long conversations. It also handles complex chores, like budgeting in spreadsheets or organizing multi-step projects, more accurately. OpenAI highlights that the latest model makes fewer factual errors and is generally more dependable for real-world tasks than the previous generation.
The rollout begins on ChatGPT, starting with paid users before expanding across the platform. Developers will follow as the model lands in the API, with OpenAI signaling a staged release to keep performance steady as load increases.
Says CEO Sam Altman on X,
“It is a very smart model, and we have come a long way since GPT-5.1.”
Earlier this month, Altman issued a companywide ‘Code Red’ mandate following the release of Google’s Gemini 3, which surpassed performance benchmarks. Altman said that the firm will halt work on several large endeavors so teams can focus on improving ChatGPT’s speed, reliability and personalization while expanding the range of questions the chatbot can answer.
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