
GPT 5.5 Just Dropped. OpenAI Accelerated The AI Race (Again).
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OpenAI's flagship AI model GPT-5.5 is here. It's smarter, faster, cheaper, better at long-running tasks and…oh boy, everything just changed again.
This week on AI For Humans, OpenAI dropped state-of-the-art GPT-5.5 and it's not just another model release, it's the start of a much faster iterative rollout. Sam Altman and Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki both said to expect significantly more releases going forward, admitting the last few years have been surprisingly slow. It may not be Anthropic Mythos numbers but it's actually here.
We walk through the benchmarks, the viral OpenAI dev video about being able to be lazy and letting the model figure things out, and incredible projects people built in the first 24 hours: a full toy railway simulation, Sebastien Bubeck's Unicorn Test, a UFO tank game, and Gavin's Animal Game spun up in 30 minutes.
Plus, Codex got a bunch of new features including browser use and docs. OpenAI shared agents in ChatGPT. More ChatGPT Images 2.0 examples keep dropping. I mean… it's a LOT.
GPT-5.5 IS HERE. THE AI RACE JUST GOT FASTER. VROOM VROOM.
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GPT-5.5 Official Announcement From OpenAI
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
Sam Altman's GPT-5.5 Launch Tweet
https://x.com/sama/status/2047378254575685707?s=20
OpenAI Dev Video: Being Lazy With GPT-5.5
https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2047377079352877534?s=20
Codex Gets a Bunch of New Features
https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2047387017974337611?s=20
Codex Update Video From OpenAI Devs
https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2047381283358355706?s=20
Shared Agents Announced in ChatGPT
https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2047008987665809771?s=20
GPT-5.5 vs 5.4 Toy Railway Comparison
https://x.com/petergostev/status/2047376725106131014?s=20
Sebastien Bubeck's Unicorn Test
https://x.com/SebastienBubeck/status/2047383628922167390?s=20
UFO Tank Game Built With GPT-5.5
https://x.com/intheworldofai/status/2047383340483821798?s=20
Where's Waldo Prompt Test
https://x.com/JeffLadish/status/2046839551403176251?s=20
Gavin's NFL Draft ChatGPT Images 2.0 Test
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2047203603757367426?s=20
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