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GPT-Live delegates harder tasks—web search, deeper reasoning, or more complex work—to the latest frontier model (GPT-5.5 at launch) running behind the scenes, while continuing to talk with the user to maintain conversational flow.

OpenAI describes how GPT-Live handles hard queries by silently delegating them to GPT-5.5 and folding the result back into the live conversation once ready. ✦ AI generated

OpenAI · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-08 · original ↗

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For questions that require web search, deeper reasoning, or more complex work, it delegates to our latest frontier model behind the scenes and brings the result back into the conversation when it's ready. While it works, GPT‑Live can keep talking with you and maintain the flow of conversation.

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▦ OpenAI ✳ GPT-5.5 ✳ GPT-Live

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