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GPT 5.2: OpenAI Strikes Back

Full GPT-5.2 breakdown - did OpenAI reclaim the crown? A story of tokens, time and cost, plus 9 details you wouldn’t get just from reading the headlines. https://www.youtube.com/@eightythousandhours AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained https://lmcouncil.ai Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:55 - Better than Human @ Professional Tasks? 04:42 - Test time Compute 07:05 - Benchmark Selection 09:32 - Simple Results + council comparison 13:01 - Long Context 13:52 - Self-Improvement 15:00 - 10 Years + New Models Release Page: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2/ GPT 5.2 Benchmark Comparison: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1pka1y9/gpt52_all_20_benchmarks_rankings_and_pricing/ https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/gemini_3_table_final_HLE_Tools_on.gif https://lmcouncil.ai/benchmarks Charxiv: https://charxiv.github.io/#leaderboard GDPval: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.04374 My vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK5LxMaROSA Kilpatrick: https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/1999270402712023158/photo/1 Noam Brown: https://x.com/polynoamial/status/1999189845164667132 New Model in New Year: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-developing-garlic-model-counter-googles-recent-gains?rc=sy0ihq 10 Years of OpenAI: https://openai.com/index/ten-years/ GPQA: https://x.com/idavidrein/status/1841265634170278063 ARC-AGI 1-2: https://arcprize.org/arc-agi/2/ Sunday Robotics: https://x.com/tonyzzhao/status/1991204839578300813 Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/ https://lmcouncil.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Full GPT-5.2 breakdown - did OpenAI reclaim the crown? A story of tokens, time and cost, plus 9 details you wouldn’t get just from reading the headlines.

https://www.youtube.com/@eightythousandhours



AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained
https://lmcouncil.ai

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Better than Human @ Professional Tasks?
04:42 - Test time Compute
07:05 - Benchmark Selection
09:32 - Simple Results + council comparison
13:01 - Long Context
13:52 - Self-Improvement
15:00 - 10 Years + New Models

Release Page: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2/

GPT 5.2 Benchmark Comparison: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1pka1y9/gpt52_all_20_benchmarks_rankings_and_pricing/
https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/gemini_3_table_final_HLE_Tools_on.gif
https://lmcouncil.ai/benchmarks

Charxiv: https://charxiv.github.io/#leaderboard

GDPval: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.04374
My vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK5LxMaROSA

Kilpatrick: https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/1999270402712023158/photo/1

Noam Brown: https://x.com/polynoamial/status/1999189845164667132

New Model in New Year: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-developing-garlic-model-counter-googles-recent-gains?rc=sy0ihq

10 Years of OpenAI: https://openai.com/index/ten-years/

GPQA: https://x.com/idavidrein/status/1841265634170278063

ARC-AGI 1-2: https://arcprize.org/arc-agi/2/

Sunday Robotics: https://x.com/tonyzzhao/status/1991204839578300813


Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/

Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/


https://lmcouncil.ai

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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