Previous models knew that fact, or at least GPT-4o and GPT-5.2 did.
So what? What do you do about this?
I don't ask questions without search tooling. Period.
I really like gpt-5.2 with search (verdict still out on 5.4) when there's analysis to be had; deep search could be a fitting description. My theory is that this is the math/science focus they've had for a few months reflecting in the quality of reasoning on external inputs. It's much better than Claude and Grok on that particular use-case (though for the practical case without the extreme thinking where I don't want to read too much slop, it's inferior), and I think the differentiator is the desired training outcome and thus the actual content of the training.
With some of the choices OpenAI seems to have made lately, I recognize an SF subculture of passive/aggressive operating mode where constant comparative analysis leads to relentlessly adapting to competitor strengths: trying to beat everyone on everything and doing full dominance or bust. This has imho lead to product decline. Think Uber copying Lyft and deviating from the service they used to offer (limo service) to their customers ending up on the back seat of a 30yo Corolla.
I don't ask questions without search tooling. Period.
I really like gpt-5.2 with search (verdict still out on 5.4) when there's analysis to be had;
deep searchcould be a fitting description. My theory is that this is the math/science focus they've had for a few months reflecting in the quality of reasoning on external inputs. It's much better than Claude and Grok on that particular use-case (though for the practical case without the extreme thinking where I don't want to read too much slop, it's inferior), and I think the differentiator is the desired training outcome and thus the actual content of the training.With some of the choices OpenAI seems to have made lately, I recognize an SF subculture of passive/aggressive operating mode where constant comparative analysis leads to relentlessly adapting to competitor strengths: trying to beat everyone on everything and doing full dominance or bust. This has imho lead to product decline. Think Uber copying Lyft and deviating from the service they used to offer (limo service) to their customers ending up on the back seat of a 30yo Corolla.
I should turn on search tooling by default.
On everything but Gemini, which is ironic, but somehow Google is too stuck in legacy search philosophy to do their LLM search tooling right.
I recognize that though: "this is how it's supposed to be done". Funny how that's the telltale sign of an incumbent ripe for disruption.
Funny how it works. Thanks for the recommendation