OpenAI launched the newest models in its GPT‑5 series on Dec. 11. OpenAI announced today that it's launching GPT-5.2, the newest model in its GPT-5 series. The new model will start rolling out immediately, with paid ChatGPT customers getting access first.

On Thursday, OpenAI released GPT-5.2, its newest family of AI models for ChatGPT, in three versions called Instant, Thinking, and Pro. The release follows CEO Sam Altman’s internal “code red” memo earlier this month, which directed company resources toward improving ChatGPT in response to competitive pressure from Google’s Gemini 3 AI model.

Launched amid fierce competition from Google's new agent, this update aims to make AI more useful, reliable, and impactful for everyday users, developers, and enterprises alike.

Today, OpenAI launched GPT-5.2, touting its stronger safety performance in regard to mental health.

OpenAI says its latest model, GPT 5.2, was shown to outperform industry professionals in specific tasks across 44 different occupations.

According to OpenAI, GPT-5.2 sets a number of new highs across several benchmarks and supposedly “outperforms industry professionals at well-specified knowledge work tasks spanning 44 occupations.” In its “Thinking” mode,

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.

Gemini 3 Flash is Google's latest lightweight AI model, and yet, it outperforms Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.2 in some benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 is first rolling out to paid subscribers and API OpenAI will make GPT-5.1 available for three months before retiring it GPT-5.2 can interpret lengthy docs more reliably than earlier versions