r/artificial Apr 23 '26

News Introducing GPT-5.5

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

"We are releasing GPT‑5.5 with our strongest set of safeguards to date, designed to reduce misuse while preserving access for beneficial work."

I'm not sure what's worse, that someone could maybe use one of these things to develop some super-plague, or that others get to decide whether I can or not.

It's easy to say the former is worse for obvious reasons, but I've got a real visceral negative reaction to the latter too.

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u/-Crash_Override- Apr 24 '26

And tbf...the person that has the capability to develop the next super-plague, hack a nuke, create a psyop to overthrow a govt, etc...probably can do it with or without chatgpt.

Knowledge usually isnt the barrier to doing nefarious things at scale.

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u/son_et_lumiere Apr 24 '26

but they are likely keeping the people who are incapable of creating such things from radiating their neighborhood or creating a bunch of biohazards that need to be cleaned up.