OpenAI Ships GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT's New Default — AI the News That's Fit to Prompt #42
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| WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026 · VOL. 1, NO. 42 · 11 STORIES |
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OpenAI Ships GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT's New Default
OpenAI quietly swapped the default model behind ChatGPT for GPT-5.5 Instant, with a math benchmark jump from 65 to 81 and reduced hallucination on legal, medical, and financial answers. No keynote, no new tier, just a smarter default. |
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