Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI (OPENAI) is developing a large language model dubbed Garlic to counter Google’s recent gains in AI development, The Information reported.
Last week, OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen told some colleagues about the new model, which was performing well on the company’s evaluations, at least when compared to the Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) unit Google’s Gemini 3 and Anthropic’s (ANTHRO) Opus 4.5 in tasks such as coding and reasoning, the report added, citing a person with knowledge of the remarks.
OpenAI plans to release a version of Garlic as soon as possible, which may be released as GPT-5.2 or GPT-5.5 by early next year, the report added.
The news amid Google’s success with its new AI model Gemini 3. OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, reportedly, has declared a “code red” effort to improve ChatGPT’s quality amid intensifying competition in the AI race.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
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