OpenAI is launching a new artificial intelligence model designed to improve ChatGPT in coding, science and a wide range of professional tasks, weeks after Alphabet’s Google put the startup on the defensive with the successful launch of Gemini 3.
The new model, GPT-5.2, is faster and better at finding information, writing and translating, the company announced Thursday. The software, available in three versions, was also created to better mimic the human reasoning process to handle more complex and extensive tasks in fields such as mathematics and programming.
Once the undisputed leader in AI development, OpenAI faces renewed competition from Google and Anthropic, which have also launched new models in recent weeks. Gemini 3, in particular, received praise for its reasoning and programming capabilities and quickly rose to the top of the widely followed AI rankings in LMArena and Humanity’s Last Exam.
Earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” in an internal memo and said the company’s resources should be redirected toward accelerating ChatGPT improvements. The directive echoes Google’s widely publicized decision to issue a code red shortly after ChatGPT launched three years ago.
With GPT-5.2, OpenAI is competing to attract more enterprise customers and increase revenue, while committing to spending more than $1 trillion on infrastructure to support AI development.
To that end, the company said the model was designed to “unlock even more economic value for people,” including improving the creation of spreadsheets and presentations, in addition to writing code.
GPT-5.2 will begin rolling out to paid subscribers on Thursday.
In August, OpenAI released a highly anticipated new model called GPT-5, which received mixed reviews, with some expressing doubt that it represents a revolutionary change from previous versions. In November, OpenAI released a newer version of the model, 5.1, but this update was quickly overshadowed by the more powerful Gemini 3.
In an interview with CNBC on Thursday, Altman said: “Gemini 3 had less impact on our measurements than perhaps we feared. » Altman also said he expects OpenAI to emerge from code red mode by January “in a very strong position.”
OpenAI also said it has started rolling out software that can predict the age of users – a move aimed at controlling how ChatGPT responds to under-18s. In a briefing with reporters today, Fidji Simo, CEO of OpenAI Applications, said the company wanted to introduce the feature before launching an “adult mode,” which Altman said could enable uses such as “verified adult erotica.”
Simo said “adult mode” will launch in the first quarter of next year.
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