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What is OpenAI’s GPT-5.5, its newest ‘smartest' model?

EuroNews · · 347 words · By Roselyne Min
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/04/24/what-is-openais-gpt-55-its-newest-smart…

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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“OpenAI says its new model, GPT-5.5, is particularly useful for coding, office work and early-stage scientific research.”
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Multiple web search results from OpenAI and tech news sources confirm that GPT-5.5 is marketed as useful for coding, general knowledge work, and scientific research. The evidence points to its capabilities in these specific areas.
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web search NEUTRAL — GPT‑5.5 is a new model designed for complex, real-world work, including writing code, researching online, analyzing information, creating documents and spreadsheets, and moving across tools to get thi…
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-5-system-card/
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI on Thursday announced its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5, which the company says is better at coding, using computers and pursuing deeper research capabilities.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/openai-announces-latest-arti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Over and above the efficiency gains, OpenAI reports gain in agentic coding, computer use, knowledge work, and scientific research. In this article, we will take a look at what's new in GPT-5.5, includ…
https://www.datacamp.com/blog/gpt-5-5
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“OpenAI has released its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5, pitching it as its “smartest and most intuitive model yet”.”
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Multiple web search results state that OpenAI announced GPT-5.5 and describe it using language like 'smartest model yet' or 'most intuitive to use model' yet, confirming the release and the marketing pitch.
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web search NEUTRAL — Introducing GPT-5.5, our smartest model yet—faster, more capable, and built for complex tasks like coding, research, and data analysis across tools.
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI on Thursday announced its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5, which the company says is better at coding, using computers and pursuing deeper research capabilities.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/openai-announces-latest-arti…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-5.5, its newest AI model, which the company calls its "smartest and most intuitive to use model" yet. The algorithm comes with increased capabilities in a ...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/openai-chatgpt-gpt-5-5-ai-…
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“The company claims the new model is better at understanding what users want and can carry out multi-step work such as writing and debugging code, analysing data, and creating documents and spreadsheets.”
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The web search results directly support the claim that GPT-5.5 excels at understanding user intent and performing multi-step tasks, specifically mentioning writing/debugging code, analyzing data, and creating documents/spreadsheets.
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web search NEUTRAL — GPT‑5.5 understands what you're trying to do faster and can carry more of the work itself. It excels at writing and debugging code, researching online, analyzing data, creating documents and spreadshe…
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
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web search NEUTRAL — Those same strengths also help GPT-5.5 with knowledge-related duties like scientific research and creating documents. OpenAI asserts that the updated LLM feels more like it can "use the computer with …
https://www.howtogeek.com/openai-gpt-5-5-ai-model/
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web search NEUTRAL — A practical guide to GPT-5.5, OpenAI's April 2026 fully retrained agentic model. Covers benchmarks, agentic coding, 1M context, and how to use it in document and slide workflows.
https://tosea.ai/blog/gpt-5-5-complete-guide
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“Unlike earlier versions, GPT-5.5 is to handle tasks that previously required multiple prompts for step-by-step instructions, plan its approach and keep working until the job is finished, OpenAI said.”
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Web search results indicate that GPT-5.5 improves upon previous models by handling complex tasks that previously required multiple user prompts, suggesting a shift toward autonomous execution.
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web search NEUTRAL — With GPT-5.5, the tasks that used to take multiple attempts like authentication flows, real-time syncing, and multi-file edits started landing right the first time. Harder requests were resolved more …
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
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web search NEUTRAL — The model can interpret less structured prompts, plan workflows, execute tasks, and check its own output with fewer iterations required from the user. A Shift From Answers To Execution. GPT-5.5 reflec…
https://maplegrovereport.com/openai-pushes-chatgpt-toward-au…
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web search NEUTRAL — It is optimized for complex tasks that require step-by-step reasoning, instruction following, and accuracy in high-stakes use cases. It supports test-time routing features and advanced prompt understa…
https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.4-image-2
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“The company said this makes GPT-5.5 particularly useful for coding, routine office work, and early-stage scientific research.”
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This claim is highly consistent with the evidence for Claim 0, and multiple web search results confirm that GPT-5.5's gains are noted in agentic coding, computer use, knowledge work, and early scientific research.
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web search NEUTRAL — The gains are especially strong in agentic coding, computer use, knowledge work, and early scientific research—areas where progress depends on reasoning across context and taking action over time. GPT…
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI shipped GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026, only six weeks after GPT-5.4. The company calls it "a new class of intelligence for real work"; the press is already calling it "Spud," after the potato emoji…
https://apidog.com/blog/what-is-gpt-5-5/
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web search NEUTRAL — Over and above the efficiency gains, OpenAI reports gain in agentic coding, computer use, knowledge work, and scientific research. In this article, we will take a look at what's new in GPT-5.5, includ…
https://www.datacamp.com/blog/gpt-5-5
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“GPT-5.5 performed better than its previous model, GPT-5.4, on coding tests to measure complex software work, including command-line tasks and real-world GitHub issue resolution.”
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While multiple sources mention GPT-5.5 and coding improvements, the specific comparison to 'GPT-5.4' and detailing benchmarks on 'command-line tasks and real-world GitHub issue resolution' is most explicitly detailed in the context of the 'Introducing GPT-5.5' web result, making it difficult to corroborate across independent, distinct sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Introducing GPT-5.5, our smartest model yet—faster, more capable, and built for complex tasks like coding, research, and data analysis across tools.
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI says GPT-5.5 is its smartest and most intuitive to use model yet GPT-5.5 lands seven weeks after the release of GPT-5.4, which arrived on March 5.
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/23/openai-upgrades-chatgpt-and-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI released GPT-5.5 (codename 'Spud') on 23 April 2026 — the first fully retrained base model since GPT-4.5. A practical tutorial on the model, GPT-5.5 in Codex, real benchmarks, pricing, and how …
https://sagnikbhattacharya.com/blog/gpt-5-5-codex-comparison
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“The model is being rolled out as of Friday to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT and Codex, OpenAI’s coding tool, according to OpenAI.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the rollout to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT and Codex, detailing the availability across various plans.
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“The model will also become accessible via Application Programming Interface (API), which is software l that lets developers and companies connect the model directly to their apps and services.”
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While the general concept of API access is standard for OpenAI models, the provided evidence snippets do not contain specific, direct confirmation that GPT-5.5 *will* be accessible via API, only general model information. The web search results are too general or focused on other aspects.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 5, 2025 · Try gpt-oss · Guides · Model card · OpenAI blog Download gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b on Hugging Face Welcome to the gpt-oss series, OpenAI's open-weight models designed for powerful rea…
https://github.com/openai/gpt-oss
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 13, 2025 · 我们提供一份完整的 GPT 使用指南，精选了多个国内顶尖的 ChatGPT 中文版 替代网站。 这些平台不仅支持最新的 GPT-5 和 GPT-4o 模型，而且完全免费，专为中文用户量身打造，让您轻松体验顶尖 AI 的强大功能。 精选 ChatGPT 中文版入口： https://xsimplechat.com
https://github.com/chat4us/gpt-5
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web search NEUTRAL — GPT-3 achieves strong performance on many NLP datasets, including translation, question-answering, and cloze tasks, as well as several tasks that require on-the-fly reasoning or domain adaptation, suc…
https://github.com/openai/gpt-3
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“OpenAI said the model includes its “strongest safeguards to date,” and was tested by nearly 200 early-access partners, including companies and researchers working in software, finance, communications, drug discovery, and scientific research.”
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The claim about 'strongest safeguards' and testing by 'nearly 200 early-access partners' is presented in a single, specific context within the web search results, and no other independent sources corroborate this exact detail.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. It was released in November 2022. It uses large language models—specifically generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs)—to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) is a large language model released by OpenAI in 2020. Like its predecessor, GPT-2, it is a decoder-only transformer model of deep neural network, which sup…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-3
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — GPT-5.3-Codex (Generative Pre-trained Transformer 5.3 Codex) is a large language model (LLM) announced and released by OpenAI on February 5, 2026. It is made as a competitor to Claude's Opus 4.6, focu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-5.3-Codex
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“Earlier this month, OpenAI’s competitor Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos Preview, a model the company said was too dangerous for a full public release yet.”
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The information regarding Anthropic unveiling 'Claude Mythos Preview' and deeming it too dangerous for public release is only present in the context of the provided evidence structure, and no corroborating independent sources were found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claude is a series of large language models developed by Anthropic and first released in 2023. Since Claude 3, each generation has typically been released in three sizes, from least to most capable: H…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)
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“Mythos can identify thousands of previously unknown, high-severity vulnerabilities across major operating systems and web browsers.”
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“OpenAI released its own AI model focused on cyber defence, with limited rollout days after Mythos was announced.”
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“Called GPT 5.4 Cyber, a variant of OpenAI's flagship GPT 5.4 model, it has fewer restrictions on cybersecurity-related queries when used for legitimate, defensive purposes, the company said.”
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