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OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.3 Instant to Make ChatGPT More Direct and Less Prone to Refusals

Microsoft is deploying the upgrade across Copilot with priority access for licensed users.

Overview

  • The new model is live now across ChatGPT on web, mobile, and desktop and is available via API as gpt-5.3-chat-latest, with GPT-5.2 Instant retained in legacy mode for paid users until June 3, 2026.
  • OpenAI says responses cut back on preachy disclaimers and unnecessary caveats, reducing unwarranted refusals and adopting a more natural conversational tone.
  • Web answers are designed to be more useful by balancing retrieved results with the model’s own reasoning, making it less likely to overindex on links.
  • Internal evaluations report lower hallucination rates—down 26.8% with web access and 19.7% without—alongside stronger writing performance.
  • OpenAI’s system-card results note regressions versus prior instant models on some disallowed-content safety checks, including sexual content and self-harm.