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OpenAI has introduced<\/span> GPT-5.2, its smartest artificial intelligence model yet, with performance gains across writing, coding, and reasoning benchmarks. The launch comes just days after CEO Sam Altman internally declared a \u201ccode red,\u201d a company-wide push to improve ChatGPT amid intense competition from rivals.<\/p>\n \u201cWe announced this code red to really signal to the company that we want to marshal resources in one particular area, and that’s a way to really define priorities,\u201d said OpenAI\u2019s CEO of applications, Fidji Simo, in a briefing with reporters on Thursday. \u201cWe have had an increase in resources focused on ChatGPT in general.\u201d<\/p>\n Simo denied that OpenAI had moved up GPT-5.2\u2019s launch in light of its code red, claiming the company has been working on this model\u2019s release for months. However, she said the additional resources around ChatGPT have been \u201chelpful.\u201d<\/p>\n While OpenAI\u2019s models and products were considered best-in-class when ChatGPT launched in 2022, that\u2019s no longer a settled matter. The startup now faces an array of worthy challengers, perhaps none more threatening than Google, whose recently launched Gemini 3 model<\/a> was received well by the tech industry. Google\u2019s Gemini app has grown at an impressive rate over the last year, now with more than 650 million monthly active users, compared to OpenAI\u2019s 800 million weekly active users. That pressure has forced OpenAI to rein in some of its most ambitious projects, including its work on introducing ads to ChatGPT,<\/a> and to refocus on improving its core technology and products.<\/p>\n Much like the company\u2019s recent model launches, GPT-5.2 is shipping as a series of models: Instant, which responds faster and is better for information-finding; Thinking, which excels at coding, math, and planning; and Pro, the most powerful tier of OpenAI\u2019s models that delivers higher accuracy on difficult questions.<\/p>\n OpenAI calls GPT-5.2 its best model yet for everyday professional use. GPT-5.2 Thinking notched the highest scores to date on GDPval, an OpenAI benchmark that compares performance between AI models and human professionals across 44 real-world occupations. The company says the model beat human professionals in over 70 percent of tasks, and completed them 11 times faster.<\/p>\n OpenAI\u2019s post-training lead Max Schwarzer says the new release should also offer a substantial reduction in hallucinations. The company says GPT-5.2 Thinking hallucinated 38 percent less than GPT-5.1 on benchmarks measuring answers to factual questions.<\/p>\n The company is bringing GPT-5.2 to both ChatGPT users and developers on OpenAI\u2019s API product. OpenAI says the new series of models \u201cbrings clear gains across everyday and advanced use cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n