Even as CEO Sam Altman is busy redirecting all internal resources to augment ChatGPT, reports claim that the AI powerhouse is working on a new large language model (LLM). The new LLM codenamed ‘Garlic’ reportedly outperforms rivals in use cases such as coding and reasoning tasks. The development was reported by The Information and seems to come at a time when the AI startup is facing intense pressure from its peers like Google and Anthropic, which recently introduced their state-of-the-art AI models. Reportedly, the new model signals the company’s strategic move into specialised high-value industries such as biomedicine and healthcare. Also, the ‘Garlic’ model indicates a shift from generalist AI to specialised AI applications. Mark Chen, chief research officer at OpenAI, told his coworkers that the model has been performing well in internal evaluations when compared to Google’s Gemini 3 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5, especially in coding and reasoning capabilities. OpenAI is expected to introduce Garlic as GPT-5.2 or GPT-5.5 by early 2026.

Full report : OpenAI is developing a new LLM, codenamed Garlic, that outperforms Gemini 3 and Claude Opus 4.5 in coding and reasoning tasks, per internal evaluations.