OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a "code red" to focus on improving ChatGPT after Google's Gemini 3 model gained 200 million users in just three months. This shift delays other projects and reflects a competitive landscape where Gemini has outperformed ChatGPT in benchmarks.

OpenAI is accelerating the release of its GPT-5.2 model in response to Google's Gemini AI. Set for December 9, this update aims to enhance speed, reliability, and customizability, addressing the competition posed by Gemini 3.

The Gemini Batch API now supports the new Gemini Embedding model and offers compatibility with the OpenAI SDK for batch processing. This enhancement allows developers to utilize the model at a significantly lower cost and higher rate limits, facilitating cost-sensitive and latency-tolerant use cases. A few lines of code are all that's needed to get started with batch embeddings or to switch from OpenAI SDK compatibility.