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GPT 5.5 Arrives, DeepSeek V4 Drops, and the Compute War Intensifies
AI Explained
Apr 24, 2026
New model benchmarks from OpenAI and DeepSeek reveal that performance is increasingly domain-specific rather than universally intelligent. As compute scarcity forces firms to prioritize efficiency over broad reasoning, the industry is shifting toward models optimized for token-per-dollar value in specialized, repetitive white-collar tasks.
Key insight: GPT-5.5 exhibits an 86% hallucination rate on incorrect answers—failing to admit ignorance—compared to just 36% for Claude Opus 4.7, suggesting that high performance scores often mask fundamental reliability failures.