The timing is not an accident. Competitors have shipped similar updates in recent months, and every lab wants to be the default choice when a company signs a yearly contract.
The practical advice is the same as always: try it on a low-stakes task first, check the output against a source you trust, and keep a human in charge of anything that matters.
What critics say
If you use these tools at work, ask your administrator whether the new feature is turned on, and what the company policy says about using it with customer data.
- Rolling out region by region
- Independent tests are still limited
- Older versions stay available for now
- Available first to paid plans
How we reported this
Independent researchers were quick to test the claims. Early results broadly match what the company said, with the usual caveat: benchmarks measure narrow skills, and real work is messier than a test set.
