OpenAI Drops GPT-5.5: A 'New Class of Intelligence' That Costs Double
Less than two months between GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5. Even OpenAI president Greg Brockman admitted during Thursday’s press briefing that “there are probably enough model releases that it’s getting hard to distinguish one from another.” He’s right. But GPT-5.5 deserves your attention anyway — not because of what it promises, but because of what it reveals about where this industry is heading at full speed. The Pitch: Less Hand-Holding, More Doing OpenAI’s headline claim is deceptively simple: GPT-5.5 can do more with less guidance. Hand it a messy, multi-part problem and it figures out the plan on its own — choosing tools, checking its work, iterating toward a solution. ...