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It establishes that the safeguards applied to GPT-5.5 represent a new high-water mark for OpenAI, with a stated dual purpose of limiting misuse and maintaining beneficial access.
Users can know that GPT-5.5 carries the most protective safeguards OpenAI has applied to any release to date, intended to reduce misuse without blocking legitimate, beneficial use.
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"We are releasing GPT‑5.5 with our strongest set of safeguards to date, designed to reduce misuse while preserving legitimate, beneficial uses of advanced capabilities.Excerpt from OpenAI's GPT-5.5 System Card
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It establishes that the safeguards applied to GPT-5.5 represent a new high-water mark for OpenAI, with a stated dual purpose of limiting misuse and maintaining beneficial access.
Users can know that GPT-5.5 carries the most protective safeguards OpenAI has applied to any release to date, intended to reduce misuse without blocking legitimate, beneficial use.
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