OpenAI is About To Launch GPT-5.1

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OpenAI is About To Launch GPT-5.1

OpenAI is preparing to launch GPT-5.1 “Thinking”, a more advanced version of ChatGPT designed for deep reasoning and step-by-step problem solving. References to the model were recently spotted in ChatGPT’s backend, hinting at a major upgrade that could rival Google’s upcoming Gemini 3 Pro.

While Google is focusing on scale and memory with Gemini 3 Pro expected to feature a 1-million-token context window. OpenAI appears to be emphasizing cognitive depth. GPT-5.1 Thinking is believed to “pause and reason” through complex prompts, allocate extra computing time for harder questions, and reduce hallucinations through structured, multi-step thinking.

If accurate, this version could transform ChatGPT’s usefulness for research, document analysis, planning, and enterprise workflows. OpenAI may introduce multiple model types, including faster lightweight versions and the slower, more reflective “Thinking” variant.

No release date has been confirmed, but early signs point to a soft launch for premium users, setting up a direct showdown between GPT-5.1 Thinking and Gemini 3 Pro, both vying to define the next stage of intelligent, reasoning-driven AI.

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China’s Moonshot AI Launches Kimi K2 to Rival GPT 5

China’s Moonshot AI has launched Kimi K2 Thinking, an open-source model now ranked number one worldwide for reasoning, coding, and agent-like intelligence. It even outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 in multiple benchmark tests. The model scored 44.9% on Humanity’s Last Exam, 60.2% on BrowseComp, and 56.3% on Seal-0. On Tau-2 Bench, which measures telecom problem-solving, it reached 93% accuracy…the best ever recorded.

Kimi K2 Thinking runs on 1 trillion parameters and uses a Mixture of Experts setup that allows it to break complex problems into smaller parts, improving both accuracy and efficiency. Even with that scale, its API costs up to ten times less than similar US models. Researchers from Menlo Ventures and the Allen Institute for AI called it a major shift for open models, saying it shows how China’s AI systems have caught up with leading US labs.

Backed by Alibaba and Tencent, Moonshot AI says its edge comes from a “model-as-an-agent” approach. This lets the model use outside tools while reasoning, which makes it more flexible and realistic in problem solving.

OpenAI Introduces IndQA (Source)

OpenAI has introduced IndQA, a new benchmark built to test how well AI understands Indian culture, languages, and communication styles. It was created with help from more than 250 Indian experts and includes 2,278 questions across 12 languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Odia, English, and Hinglish. The benchmark also covers 10 cultural areas, including food, literature, religion, history, and daily life.

According to OpenAI, India was the natural place to begin since it’s ChatGPT’s second-largest market and home to over a billion non-English speakers. The company noted that its models are improving at handling Indian-language tasks but still have room to grow.

The launch also reflects OpenAI’s larger push into India. The company recently opened its first office in Delhi, started hiring locally, and made ChatGPT Go free for one year to expand access across the country.

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