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OpenAI names a capability overhang between potential and use

development2025-12-26

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OpenAI declared a capability overhang between model potential and actual consumer usage, and plans to push reasoning models harder into healthcare, business and daily life in 2026.

Reporting date: 2025-12-26 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to December 26, 2025 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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The human interface becomes intimate

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Welcome to December 26, 2025

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OpenAI names a capability overhang between potential and use
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Reporting date: 2025-12-26
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-26-openai-capability-overhang
Claim: OpenAI declared a capability overhang between model potential and actual consumer usage, and plans to push reasoning models harder into healthcare, business and daily life in 2026.
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- Welcome to December 26, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-26-2025
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