Resolves YES if OpenAI makes a public announcement and users can access the new model in ChatGPT or via the OpenAI API before the deadline.

Resolves NO if no such model is publicly released by the deadline.

Does NOT count: minor updates, model snapshots, fine-tunes, “mini”/“lite” variants, or feature-only changes without a new flagship generation label.

Update 2026-02-04 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): GPT-5.3 would NOT count as it would be considered an improvement of a current version rather than a new flagship generation. The market requires a new flagship generation (like GPT-6), not incremental version updates (like 5.3) or thinking improvements.