# OpenAI president Greg Brockman called the new model a “new class of intelligence” He said GPT-5.5 can do more with less guidance and is “way more intuitive to use” Brockman also emphasized efficiency gains.

*genai · news · 2026-04-23 · Fortune*

## Key points

- OpenAI's GPT-5.5 can handle unclear problems and act autonomously with less user guidance.
- GPT-5.5 demonstrates significant efficiency gains, processing tasks with fewer tokens than GPT-5.4.
- Bank of New York found GPT-5.5's hallucination resistance a 'step change' for regulated environments.
- The improved accuracy of GPT-5.5 allows institutions like banks to scale AI-driven operations more rapidly.

**Companies:** OpenAI, The Bank of New York
**Countries:** United States

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