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Last week OpenAI released GPT-5.2. The model shows a clear jump on the GDPval benchmark for professional knowledge work and is now more useful for everyday tasks like spreadsheets, presentations, and documents. In our testing, it is a solid improvement over the previous version, but it still does not match Claude Opus 4.5 for coding or complex work in spreadsheets and documents. That said, GPT-5.2 "Pro Mode" stands out and is worth testing for tasks that require deep reasoning and strategic thinking.

OpenAI also quietly began rolling out "Skills" in ChatGPT and Codex (finally!). We have used Skills a lot since their launch in Claude earlier this year and are looking forward to starting experiments with custom skills inside ChatGPT.

But that was not the only AI news this week. Let us dive in! 🏄

AI Pulse 🚨

A bite-sized curation of this week's most important AI news.

🚀 OpenAI launches GPT-5.2 model beats or ties top industry professionals on 70.9% of GDPval real‑world knowledge‑work tasks and achieves 55.6% on SWE‑Bench Pro coding. On GDPval, GPT‑5.2 Thinking delivers outputs more than 11x faster and at under 1% of the cost of human experts.

🎯 OpenAI quitetly adopting skills in ChatGPT and Codex CLI with skills covering spreadsheets, PDFs, and documents and more.

🔬 Google launches Deep Research API enabling developers to build autonomous research agents achieving 46.4% on Humanity’s Last Exam.

🖱️ Cursor launches visual editor that maps UI drag-and-drop changes directly to React code. Users can adjust elements on live sites while agents trace changes back to source files.

🖼️ OpenAI launches new ChatGPT Image 1.5. The update includes better prompt understanding, higher quality outputs, and faster generation times for creating images directly in ChatGPT.

🤖 Claude Agent SDK gets major update with support for 1M context windows, sandboxing, and a new TypeScript interface for building custom agents.

🔌 Claude Code launches first-party plugins marketplace making it easier to discover and install popular plugins.

🏰 Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI for a three-year exclusive deal licensing 200+ characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars for Sora and ChatGPT Images. Disney-curated videos expected on Disney+ in early 2026.

🎨 Adobe integrates into ChatGPT with Photoshop, Adobe Express, and Acrobat available directly in conversation. Users can now edit images, PDFs, and create designs without leaving the chat.

📊 OpenAI releases Enterprise AI report showing 320x growth in reasoning token consumption year-over-year. Workers save 40-60 minutes daily, and Projects and Custom GPTs usage surged 19x.

📖 Google launches Code Wiki maintaining updated, structured documentation for code repositories. Features AI-powered chat, automated diagrams, and direct code linking.

⚡ NVIDIA debuts Nemotron 3 family with 4x higher throughput than Nemotron 2 and support for 1M token context windows. Models range from 30B to 500B parameters.

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