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GPT-5.5

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GPT-5.5
DeveloperOpenAI
ReleaseApril 23, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-04-23)
PredecessorGPT-5.4
SuccessorGPT-5.6
LicenseProprietary
Websiteopenai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/

GPT-5.5 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer 5.5) is a large language model (LLM) released by OpenAI on April 23, 2026.[1][2] The model is also known by its codename "Spud".[3]

OpenAI reported GPT-5.5 benchmark scores including 82.7% on Terminal-Bench 2.0, 51.7% on FrontierMath Tier 1–3, and 35.4% on FrontierMath Tier 4, while listing lower scores for Claude Opus 4.7 and Gemini 3.1 Pro on the same benchmarks.[4][5]

OpenAI said a recurring tendency in its models to mention goblins, gremlins, and other creatures began with GPT-5.1 and became noticeable in GPT-5.5's Codex testing.[6] The company attributed the behavior to rewards used when training the "Nerdy" personality, which favored creature-word outputs and transferred beyond that personality during later training. OpenAI said it retired the Nerdy personality, removed the goblin-affine reward signal, filtered training data containing creature words, and added a developer-prompt instruction for GPT-5.5 in Codex.[7] In April 2026, a GPT-5.5 developer-prompt instruction in the GitHub repository of Codex told it not to mention goblins if the user prompt did not require it.[8]

GPT-5.5-Cyber, along with Codex Security, was being used in June 2026 at the launch of the Patch the Planet project to help open-source projects find and fix vulnerabilities.[9][10][11]

Release

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GPT-5.5 Thinking and GPT-5.5 Pro were released on April 23, 2026, with neither being available to free-tier users. OpenAI withheld API access at launch, saying that API deployments required "different safeguards"; GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro became available in the API on April 24, 2026.[5][12][13] GPT-5.5 Instant was released to free-tier users on May 5, 2026, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant as ChatGPT's default model for all users.[14] On May 7, 2026, OpenAI announced GPT-5.5-Cyber, a limited-preview variant for vetted cybersecurity teams under its Trusted Access for Cyber program.[15]

Reception

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ZDNET praised GPT-5.5 for its polished answers and "[s]trong performance across writing, coding, and reasoning tasks".[16] Compared to its predecessor GPT-5.4, the website described GPT-5.5 as better, faster, and showing "improvements in agentic coding, conceptual clarity, scientific research ability, and accuracy during knowledge work".[16][better source needed]

The AI Security Institute reported that GPT-5.5 had a 71.4% (±8.0%, one standard error) average pass rate on its expert-level cyber tasks, compared with 68.6% (±8.7%) for Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview, and said GPT-5.5 "may be the strongest model we have tested" on that measure.[17]

References

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  1. ↑ Capoot, Ashley (April 23, 2026). "OpenAI announces GPT-5.5, its latest artificial intelligence model". CNBC. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  2. ↑ Peters, Jay (April 23, 2026). "OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 model is more efficient and better at coding". The Verge. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  3. ↑ Mills, Madison; Fried, Ina (April 23, 2026). "OpenAI releases "Spud" GPT-5.5 model". Axios. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  4. ↑ Franzen, Carl (April 23, 2026). "OpenAI's GPT-5.5 is here, and it's no potato: narrowly beats Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview on Terminal-Bench 2.0". VentureBeat. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Introducing GPT-5.5". OpenAI. April 23, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  6. ↑ McMahon, Liv (April 30, 2026). "OpenAI tells ChatGPT models to stop talking about goblins". BBC. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Where the goblins came from". OpenAI. April 29, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  8. ↑ Orland, Kyle (April 30, 2026). "OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"". Ars Technica. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  9. ↑ Newman, Lily Hay (June 22, 2026). "OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic's Mythos". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  10. ↑ Moon, Mariella (June 23, 2026). "OpenAI's new Daybreak⁠ initiative will help open-source projects fend off bugs". Engadget. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  11. ↑ Priyadarshini, Manisha (June 23, 2026). "The maker of ChatGPT wants to make open-source projects less of a security bargain". Digital Trends. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  12. ↑ "GPT-5.5 Model | OpenAI API". developers.openai.com. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  13. ↑ "GPT-5.5 pro Model | OpenAI API". developers.openai.com. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  14. ↑ "GPT-5.5 Instant: smarter, clearer, and more personalized". OpenAI. May 5, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Scaling Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber". OpenAI. May 7, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  16. 1 2 "I put GPT-5.5 through a 10-round test: It scored 93/100, losing points only for exuberance". ZDNET. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Our evaluation of OpenAI's GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities | AISI Work". AI Security Institute. April 30, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
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