GPT-5.5 Instant
gpt-5.5-instant
ProprietaryMultimodal
About
GPT-5.5 Instant is OpenAI's latest Instant model used in ChatGPT, released May 5, 2026 as the new default ChatGPT model and exposed in the API as chat-latest. OpenAI says the update improves factuality, image analysis, STEM answers, web-search decisions, personalization from past chats/files/connected Gmail, and concise conversational style. OpenAI reports 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims than GPT-5.3 Instant on high-stakes prompts and 37.3% fewer inaccurate claims on difficult conversations flagged for factual errors.
GPT-5.5 Instant has a 400K-token context window.
GPT-5.5 Instant input tokens at $1.5/1M, output at $6/1M.
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningFunction CallingTool UseStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt CachingBatch APIAudioFine-tuning
Providers(1)
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | $1.50 | $6.00 | Serverless |
API Versions
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Specifications
FamilyGPT-5.5
Released2026-05-05
Context400K
Max output128,000
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-08
Specializationgeneral
LicenseProprietary
Trainingpretrained
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