🚀 OpenAI Moves Fast With GPT-5.2 Release

OpenAI has rolled out GPT-5.2 only weeks after 5.1, with clear gains in coding, reasoning, and everyday knowledge work. With new Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, GPT-5.2 is now pulling ahead of Gemini 3. Let’s dive in!

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Evolving AI: GPT-5.2 jumps ahead of Gemini 3 with strong gains in coding, reasoning, and knowledge work.

OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.2 just weeks after 5.1, shipping Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants. The Thinking model posts large gains in coding, abstract reasoning, image analysis, and tool use, beating Gemini 3 Pro on SWE-Verified and ARC-AGI-2. Knowledge work results climb past 70 percent on GDPval. Prices rise, though OpenAI says higher efficiency offsets cost.

This release shows the benchmark race is shifting from trivia-style tests to paid work: fixing real bugs, pulling needles from huge docs, finishing multi-step tool flows, and scoring on occupation-style evals like GDPval. That’s exactly where teams feel pain today, from PR review queues to contract redlines to spreadsheet-heavy finance tasks, and small accuracy gains can mean fewer retries and less human cleanup. Prices are climbing at the same time, so buyers will start judging models less on “best overall” and more on cost per finished ticket. If GPT-5.2 really holds up on long-context and SWE-bench Verified, do you still need more headcount, or just fewer failed attempts?

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Evolving AI: Disney invests $1B in OpenAI to bring official characters to Sora AI video.

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and signing a three-year licensing deal that opens Sora to official Disney IP starting next year. Users will be able to generate short videos and images featuring characters like Mickey Mouse, Iron Man, and Darth Vader. Disney will deploy ChatGPT internally, receive equity warrants, and stream curated Sora content on Disney+. The agreement excludes actor likeness and voices and adds tighter controls on character use.

Disney putting $1B into OpenAI and licensing 200+ characters for Sora is a pretty loud signal that big studios are shifting from “stop it” to “let’s get paid and set the rules.” For creators and marketing teams, it opens a cleaner path to make pitch reels, social clips, storyboards, and quick concept tests with real Disney IP, without guessing if it’ll get pulled. For Hollywood, it’s a new template: licensed fan creation plus distribution on Disney+, with guardrails and no actor likeness or voices. Expect more deals like this, and more pressure on platforms that can’t offer licensed options.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sits down with Joe Rogan to explain how AI is really being built right now, from the chips powering today’s models to what comes next for robotics, energy, and jobs. It’s a rare look at the infrastructure behind the AI boom, straight from the person shaping it. It’s a long interview, but definitely worth your time.

Evolving AI: Time names the builders behind modern AI as its 2025 Person of the Year.

Time Magazine named the “Architects of AI” its 2025 Person of the Year, spotlighting the people building the models, chips, and systems behind today’s AI boom. Two covers mark the choice: one showing AI as labor, the other highlighting leaders like Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Fei-Fei Li, Demis Hassabis, and Lisa Su. The decision mirrors a year where AI use spread quietly across apps, devices, and workflows, often without users noticing.

Time picking AI’s builders over a single person says a lot about where things stand right now. Decisions about chips, models, defaults, and rollout speed are shaping how people search, create, plan, and work, often without a clear opt-in. Over the past year, AI has slipped into phones, office tools, social apps, and creative software at a pace faster than earlier tech shifts. That puts real influence in the hands of a few teams, and it affects jobs, costs, energy use, and daily habits. The tech feels normal already, which raises a simple question worth sitting with: who gets to decide how fast this all moves?

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