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OpenAI launches GPT‑5.2 AI model with enhanced capabilities
OpenAI has grown rapidly to more than 800 million people using its services weekly since its 2022 launch. PHOTO: REUTERS
OpenAI on Thursday launched its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence model, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal “code red” in early December pausing non‑core projects and redirecting teams to accelerate development in response to Google’s Gemini 3.
GPT-5.2 comes with improvements in general intelligence, coding and long-context understanding, the company said in a statement.
The new model is expected to bring even more economic value for users, as it is better at creating spreadsheets, building presentations and handling complex multi-step projects, OpenAI said.
Alphabet’s Google launched the latest version of its Gemini in November, highlighting Gemini 3’s lead position on several popular industry leaderboards that measure AI model performance.
“Gemini 3 has had less of an impact on our metrics than we feared,” Altman said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday, alongside Disney’s CEO Bob Iger.
Google did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Disney said on Thursday it is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will let the startup use characters from Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel franchises in its Sora AI video generator.
Microsoft-backed OpenAI said that it currently has no plans to drop GPT‑5.1, GPT‑5, or GPT‑4.1 from its application programming interface.
GPT-5.2 Instant, Thinking, and Pro will begin rolling out in ChatGPT on Thursday, beginning with paid plans.
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EULAR proposes new guidance to assess disease activity in adult-onset Still’s disease
EULAR – The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology – has identified an unmet clinical need around the assessment of disease activity in people with adult-onset Still’s disease. New points to consider aim to address this…
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Honor X8d Quietly Listed Online Before Launch, Full Specs Revealed
The Honor X8d has appeared for sale in Kyrgyzstan even though the company has not formally announced the phone yet. The listing currently marks the device as out of stock, so its price remains unknown for now. However, the entry reveals…
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Tech’s biggest losers of 2025
Honestly, compiling the biggest losers for Engadget is more fun than talking up the winners. While we reviewed nothing as atrocious as those ill-fated AI assistant gadgets from 2024, AI companies and services straddled both the winner and loser…
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Choose your favourite race of the 2025 Formula 1 season
A title race that went down to the wire, a brand new champion and gripping twists along the way – the 2025 Formula 1 season gave us everything we hoped for and more.
As we embarked on our latest trip across the globe, F1 fans have been treated…
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King Charles III to speak about his cancer treatment, recovery on TV show promoting early screening
LONDON — King Charles III will speak about his cancer diagnosis and recovery during a TV broadcast on Friday as the monarch continues to use his personal story to encourage others to get the early screening that can boost their chances of…
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Infant gut anellovirus composition associates with early life factors and childhood atopic disease
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Higher education increased HIV risk in Africa then became protective
Early research studies in Africa that found higher education was associated with a greater risk of HIV have often been dismissed as errors or anomalies, especially once later research suggested the opposite pattern. But a recently published…
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Rachel Jupp appointed as Director, News Documentaries and Long Form Journalism
The BBC has appointed Rachel Jupp as Director, News Documentaries and Long Form Journalism.
In this role Rachel will shape the strategic vision and direction for the BBC’s long-form journalism and current affairs output. She will sit on the BBC…
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