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OpenAI GPT-5.2: The “Cheating” Controversy

OpenAI GPT-5.2: The “Cheating” Controversy

Update: 2025-12-16
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/openai-gpt-52-the-cheating-controversy.

Is OpenAI GPT-5.2 actually better than Google Gemini 3 Pro? If you strip away the extra "thinking" time used in the benchmarks, the gap disappears.

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Is OpenAI GPT-5.2 actually better than Google Gemini 3 Pro? If you strip away the extra "thinking" time used in the benchmarks, the gap disappears. We dug into the source data to separate the hype from the reality.

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OpenAI GPT-5.2: The “Cheating” Controversy

OpenAI GPT-5.2: The “Cheating” Controversy

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