OpenAI appears poised to accelerate the release of its next major ChatGPT model as the competition in generative AI tightens.  According to reporting cited by multiple outlets, OpenAI plans to unveil GPT 5.2 this week, earlier than its original late December target, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly declared a “code red” internally in response to Google’s Gemini 3 launch last month (TechBuzz). While OpenAI has not publicly confirmed unreleased product timelines, the company ty

OpenAI is reportedly working on a new large language model codenamed “Garlic,” a move that signals just how quickly the competitive balance in AI can shift.  According to reporting based on The Information, OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen told colleagues the model has been testing strongly inside the company, especially on coding and reasoning tasks, where it was described as performing well against Google’s Gemini 3 and Anthropic’s Opus 4.5. (Bakolia; “OpenAI De