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Yesterday, just as OpenAI celebrated its 10-year anniversary, the AI company launched GPT-5.2, its latest series of AI models to power ChatGPT. The latest release is allegedly in response to OpenAI’s rumored “code red” state, as the AI market share leader is reportedly bleeding users to Google’s Gemini 3 and other AI chatbots. 

The main competition appears to be between Gemini 3 and GPT-5.2, as Google’s Gemini 3 has made pretty big waves since it launched in mid-November. Gemini 3 and GPT-5.2 appear to be neck and neck in most metrics, showing that OpenAI still has the chops to compete with the top dogs. However, Grok 4.1 is also a mainstay on leaderboards, and it’s put up some pretty good scores of its own. 

So, if you’re curious how GPT-5.2 compares to Grok 4.1, we can offer an initial assessment. Keep in mind that GPT-5.2 is still fresh out of the box. This means that the benchmark scores will certainly change over time as more people get their hands on it to run it through its paces. 

GPT-5.2 vs. Grok 4.1: LMArena rankings

GPT-5.2 isn’t ranked on most of LMArena’s leaderboards at the time of this writing. Thus, it makes it difficult to compare the two directly from here. That doesn’t mean that we can’t try. According to OpenAI, GPT-5.2 is a few percentage points higher in almost every metric compared to GPT-5.1, which is ranked on LMArena. 

Assuming GPT-5.2 usurps GPT-5.1 in every category, we can conclude that GPT-5.2 will either be at or very close to the top of the leaderboards. In the one metric where GPT-5.2 exists on LMArena at this time — which is WebDev — OpenAI’s model is currently ranked second overall (above Grok). 

So, we can conclude that GPT-5.2 will probably rank higher than Grok in almost every category, although Grok may retain its second-place finish on the Text leaderboard, where it places just below Gemini 3.

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GPT-5.2 vs. Grok 4.1: Benchmark tests

Since GPT-5.2 is so new, it hasn’t shown up on a lot of independent benchmark tests yet. For the time being, we have to rely on OpenAI’s self-reported benchmark scores. Keep in mind that these scores are part of a press release and have not been independently verified. 

• Creative Writing v3 – GPT-5.2 vastly outperforms Grok 4.1 here, with an ELO Score of 1675.5 versus Grok 4.1’s 1268.6.

• GDPval-AA – GPT-5.2 also wins this one, scoring a 1474 versus Grok’s 1041.

• GPQA Diamond – GPT-5.2 pulls out another win here, but the gap is much lower, with GPT-5.2 scoring a 90.3% and Grok 4 scoring an 87.7%.

• AIME 2025 – GPT-5.1 beats Grok with a score of 95.7% to 92.7%. It stands to reason that GPT-5.2 will top the leaderboards here and beat Grok as well. 

• FrontierMath – Another big win for GPT-5.2 here, with a much higher accuracy than Grok 4.

The other benchmarks pretty much tell the same story. GPT-5.2 beats Grok 4.1 on benchmarks, and the margins aren’t typically very close. Real-world results may vary, though, as benchmarks only really tell part of the story. 

GPT-5.2 vs. Grok 4.1: Availability

Both AI models are generally available to the public via OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Grok’s chat platform, respectively. In terms of features, both have AI chatbot functionality and the ability to generate images directly from the AI chatbot. ChatGPT can make videos with the help of Sora 2, while Grok can generate videos and images from its Grok Imagine platform. Both Sora and Grok Imagine lag far behind rivals like Google’s Veo 3 and LumaAI’s Ray3, however.

Availability is largely the same, as most people interact with ChatGPT and Grok directly through their interfaces. However, ChatGPT is integrated into more products than Grok, giving it a leg up in terms of overall availability. 

GPT-5.2 vs. Grok 4.1: Pricing

For GPT-5.2, you have to get the pro version of ChatGPT, which starts at $20 per month or $200 per month, depending on what you want. Grok’s free version also limits you to Grok 4, and not Grok 4.1, so you also need a subscription for Grok 4.1. A SuperGrok subscription starts at $30 per month and goes up to $300 per month if you want more access. 

That gives GPT-5.2 the edge, as everyone who passed the first grade knows, $20 is less than $30. 

As for which one is worth it more, you’ll have to try out both AI platforms for yourself and see which one performs better for the kind of work you want them to do. Benchmarks and price tags don’t mean much if one of them simply doesn’t work as well as the other for your particular use case. 

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Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

RIT’s print and graphic media technology curriculum is being integrated into the packaging science program to align with growing and evolving industries.

Currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students in the program will complete coursework to graduation. Prospective students are now being directed to the Bachelor of Science degree in packaging science, where they will be able to take coursework that emphasizes manufacturing processes, materials science, color management, and package printing technologies—competencies that are increasingly vital in the fast-growing packaging sector, said Kyle Dunno, packaging and graphic media science department chair in RIT’s College of Engineering Technology (CET).

“For generations, the print and graphic media program has played a vital role in preparing students to lead in the printing, publishing, and media sectors,” said Dunno. “As print technologies have advanced and the industry has evolved, we’ve reflected deeply on how best to honor that legacy while preparing our students for future opportunities. This strategic integration maintains the core of print education at RIT while expanding its relevance in the rapidly growing packaging and converting industries.”

In 2022, CET combined its print and packaging science departments to align programs that would better represent the growth in the package printing sector. Since that time, department leadership has worked closely with faculty, industry partners, and alumni to develop a newly aligned curriculum that provides differentiation for both prospective students and program graduates.

The new curriculum ensures that RIT graduates remain positioned to lead in areas of manufacturing, materials, color management, and package printing technologies.

Conventional and digital printing processes remain foundational within the curriculum. Coursework will continue to include premedia, production workflows, converting technologies, process control, and variable data printing, and their applications to folding cartons, flexible packaging, labels, corrugated fiberboard, metal decoration, and others.

“This represents a natural progression for our programs,” said Dunno. “As the industrial world pivots toward integrated packaging solutions, automation, and sustainability, this approach allows us to honor the rich heritage of print education at RIT while embracing innovation in one of today’s most vibrant industrial arenas.”

This integration reinforces the college’s focus on industry-relevant applied science and engineering education, said S. Manian Ramkumar, dean of CET.

“By connecting core competencies from both print and packaging, we are ensuring our students gain hands-on, future-oriented experiences that align with evolving workforce needs,” he said.

Both packaging and print faculty-researchers and professional staff provide support to the printing industry through the department’s existing testing, research, and training services. These services will continue without interruption, ensuring ongoing partnership with companies and professionals who rely on RIT’s expertise. In addition, RIT will continue to serve as the certifying body for Idealliance’s G7 and G7 Plus color calibration programs, supporting industry’s adoption of globally recognized color quality standards and processes.

“This integration represents a natural and meaningful progression,” Dunno said. “It honors our legacy, strengthens our industry relevance, and ensures that students continue to benefit from cutting-edge technology, hands-on learning, and real-world experience.”

A billionaire investor keen on buying TikTok’s US operations has told the BBC he has been left in limbo as the latest deadline for the app’s sale looms.

The US has repeatedly delayed the date by which the platform’s Chinese owner, Bytedance, must sell or be blocked for American users.

US President Donald Trump appears poised to extend the deadline for a fifth time on Tuesday.

“We’re just standing by and waiting to see what happens,” investor Frank McCourt told BBC News.

“But if the moment arrives, we’re prepared to move forward… we’ve raised the capital to buy it – we’ll see.”

The popular short-form video app was due to be banned or sold in the US in January in accordance with a law passed by Congress in 2024.

Lawmakers said at the time ByteDance’s links to the Chinese government threatened national security, and expressed fears Beijing could force the company to hand over data on US users.

It’s a concern TikTok and its owners have always said is unfounded.

The law was signed by President Joe Biden while he was still in office and was upheld by the Supreme Court in early 2025.

Trump and members of his administration have previously claimed a TikTok deal was done, and had the blessing of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The president has also said “sophisticated” US investors would acquire the app, including two of his allies: Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Dell Technologies’ Michael Dell.

Members of the Trump administration had indicated the deal would be formalised in a meeting between Trump and Xi in October – however it concluded without an agreement being reached.

Neither TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance nor Beijing have since announced approval of a sale, despite Trump’s claims.

This time there are no such claims a deal is imminent, leading most analysts to conclude another extension is inevitable.

Without naming Trump’s hand-selected investors, Mr McCourt told the BBC he was concerned “about a concentration of power and influence because platforms like TikTok are very influencing”.

He is part of a group of investors including Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Canadian investor Kevin O’Leary.

“My hope would be that whatever happens, that it is shut down or sold, and lands in the hands of people that comply with the law,” he said.

He said he wants to operate TikTok without any of its Chinese technology, including its powerful recommendation algorithm, and that his non-profit Project Liberty has developed other technology that could be used instead.