Open AI Launches GPT-5.2 to Challenge Google Gemini and Anthropic

 Open AI Launches GPT-5.2 Amid ‘Red Code’ Push to Rival Google and Anthropic

Open AI has officially introduced GPT-5.2, the latest version of its Chat GPT model, describing it as the company’s most advanced system for professional knowledge work and long-running AI agents. The release comes during a company-wide “red code” initiative aimed at accelerating development and countering increasing competition from Google and Anthropic.

According to Open AI, GPT-5.2 delivers a substantial performance boost over GPT-5.1, particularly in science, mathematics, coding, and reasoning-intensive tasks, making it better suited for enterprise and professional use cases.

Why Open AI Declared a ‘Red Code’ Strategy

Open AI CEO Sam Altman reportedly initiated the “red code” after mounting pressure from rival AI models, especially Google’s Gemini 3, which recently outperformed Chat GPT in several key benchmarks, including advanced reasoning, image understanding, and complex mathematical problem-solving.

• Focus on Core Chat GPT Improvements
• As part of the strategy, Open AI decided to pause or delay several initiatives, including:
• Advertising projects
• AI-powered shopping tools
• The personal assistant feature, Chat GPT Pulse

Instead, the company redirected its resources toward improving reliability, speed, personalization, and search capabilities within Chat GPT.

How GPT-5.2 Improves Professional and Agentic Work

Open AI says GPT-5.2 was designed to deliver greater economic value by enhancing productivity across complex workflows. Fidji Simo, Open AI’s CEO of Applications, highlighted the model’s ability to support multi-step and tool-driven tasks.

Key Professional Capabilities

• GPT-5.2 shows strong improvements in:
• Creating spreadsheets and business documents
• Building presentations and reports
• Writing and debugging code
• Understanding images and multimodal inputs
• Handling long contexts such as research papers and legal contracts

These enhancements position GPT-5.2 as a more capable AI assistant for knowledge workers and enterprises.

GPT-5.2 Performance and Benchmark Results

GPT-5.2 introduces GPT-5.2 Thinking, a specialized model that achieves or exceeds human expert-level performance across a wide range of professional evaluations.

Notable Benchmark Achievements

• Human-level performance on GDP Val, covering 44 professional occupations
• 55.6% accuracy in multi-language coding tasks
• 80% accuracy in Python programming
• 100% score on the AIME 2025 math competition benchmark
• 93.2% accuracy on the graduate-level GPQA Diamond benchmark
• 40.3% problem-solving rate on Frontier Math (Tier 1–3), setting a new industry standard
• Open AI also reports fewer hallucinations and stronger factual reliability compared to GPT-5.1.

Industry Reaction to GPT-5.2

Analysts believe GPT-5.2 represents a meaningful step forward for Open AI, particularly in areas where competitors have gained ground.

Arun Chandrasekaran, an analyst at Gartner, noted that the model shows notable progress in reasoning, coding, and multimodal understanding—key areas of competition with Google and Anthropic.

Can GPT-5.2 Compete With Google’s Gemini 3?

While GPT-5.2 narrows the gap, experts say it may not yet be enough to reverse Google’s momentum. Ray Wang, founder of Constellation Research, observed that Google maintains an advantage due to Gemini’s deep integration across its productivity ecosystem.

However, Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, emphasized that GPT-5.2 represents a major leap over GPT-5.1, especially for professional-worker tasks.

Final Thoughts

With GPT-5.2, Open AI signals a renewed focus on performance, accuracy, and real-world productivity. As competition in the AI space intensifies, the model strengthens Open AI’s position as a leading player—though the race against Google and Anthropic remains far from over.