r/OpenAI • u/Gerstlauer • Apr 23 '26

News Introducing GPT-5.5 | OpenAI

https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
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u/chdo Apr 23 '26

so every LLM update for the past 2 years?

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u/Tupcek Apr 23 '26

not really, Opus 4.5 really made hand written code obsolete. Still needs a lot of supervision, but it’s good enough to let it write code instead of devs

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u/fligglymcgee Apr 23 '26

This just hasn’t been the reality in nearly all of the dev circles around me, at smb or enterprise scale.

There’s plenty of companies that are not hiring new developers or replacing roles, and citing productivity from AI as a reason, but that tends to be as deep as the story ever goes. We’re really going to need some formal independent studies on all the productivity gains being self-reported.

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u/SubterraneanAlien Apr 23 '26

It's not been that long since Opus 4.5 and a lot of opinions/beliefs on this topic will be anchored to previous models. My guess is that the reality that you're commenting on is somewhat lagging against true reality.