Will there be an AI language model that strongly surpasses ChatGPT and other OpenAI models at the end of 2025?

Question

Question is about any current or future openAI models vs any competitor models.

If a language model exists that is undoubtedly the most accurate, reliable, capable, and powerful, that model will win. If there is dispute as to which is more powerful, a significant popularity/accessibility advantage will decide the winner. There must be public access for it to be eligible.

See previous market for more insight into my resolution plan: @/Gen/will-there-be-an-ai-language-model

2024 recap: capabilities were "similar". Both Google and openAI models tied for first place on LLM Arena. OpenAI won because of their popularity/market dominance.‌

Update 2025-11-27 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Creator will not resolve based on current Gemini 3 lead alone. Will wait until end of year to allow for:

Potential new OpenAI model releases

Further discussion on whether the lead is "strong enough"

Assessment of whether there is dispute about which model is more powerful

Creator leans toward YES if OpenAI releases no new models by end of year.

Update 2025-11-27 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Creator will not resolve early despite Gemini 3.0's current lead. The bar for early resolution is higher than the bar for determining a winner at end-of-year assessment. Creator still leans YES but will wait before resolving.

Update 2025-12-06 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Creator distinguishes between early resolution criteria vs end-of-year resolution criteria:

Early resolution requires a model that is so obviously better it takes a huge chunk of market share from ChatGPT (which still has ~80% market share)

End-of-year resolution (Dec 31) will be based on whatever is the best model, with popularity only acting as a tie-breaker rather than a necessary component

Creator acknowledges Gemini/Claude dominate ChatGPT for top-end use, but notes most people either don't know or don't care that they are better.

Update 2025-12-08 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Title updated to reflect end-of-year resolution: "At the end of 2025"

Current assessment: Creator believes Gemini and Claude are sufficiently ahead of ChatGPT based on all metrics.

Resolution plan:

Market will resolve YES unless OpenAI releases a new model that top scores before year end

Not resolving early to give OpenAI time to release a potential new model

Market is meant to measure if OpenAI has been "strongly surpassed" - would be inappropriate to resolve YES if OpenAI releases a superior model (e.g., GPT-6) shortly after, as that would indicate they were only "beat to release" rather than truly surpassed

Evidence considered: Benchmarks, stock market activity, and OpenAI's "code red" all indicate OpenAI knows they are no longer the leader

Update 2025-12-08 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Creator clarifies the "strongly surpassed" criterion:

Market will resolve YES unless OpenAI releases a new public model before year-end that demonstrates they were never really "strongly surpassed"

If OpenAI was merely "beat to release" but maintained their lead behind the scenes, this would resolve NO

There is no specific metric (absolute or relative) for determining "strongly surpassed"

The current lead by competitors (Gemini/Claude) is sufficient to resolve YES if OpenAI cannot produce evidence of having something better in development

Example: If a competitor releases something only 0.1% better and OpenAI releases a superior model shortly after, OpenAI was never truly "strongly surpassed" - they were just beat to release

Update 2025-12-11 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): For OpenAI's o5.2 (or any new OpenAI model) to affect resolution:

Must be publicly released

Must be independently tested/scored

Must be at least top scoring to show OpenAI wasn't strongly surpassed

If new OpenAI model is only barely best in class, resolution may be more complicated. Otherwise, market resolves YES if these conditions aren't met.

Update 2025-12-11 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Creator clarifies how GPT-5.2 (or any new OpenAI model) will affect resolution:

Since Gemini 3.0 has been out for a while and 5.2 is a "catch up model," if Gemini is ahead on benchmarks, this shows Gemini strongly surpassed OpenAI when it was released

If Google releases an update same day that beats GPT-5.2, that would also count

At year end, if there is a clear non-OpenAI leader, market resolves YES

If GPT-5.2 is a really close number 1 model where nobody can determine which is better, creator will probably still resolve YES

Creator notes the "strongly surpassed" language is meant to avoid situations where OpenAI has achieved AGI/ASI but loses due to release schedules. Since OpenAI has shown signs they're worried (code red, etc.), if the new model isn't a top scorer, they know OpenAI was passed.

Update 2025-12-11 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Creator clarifies the "strongly surpassed" criterion:

OpenAI must prove they weren't surpassed behind...

Manifold Markets · Accepted Answer

Yes — resolved on Jan 1, 2026 by Manifold Markets prediction market.