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Reasoning as diffusion beats GPT-5 on logic

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Chinese researchers unveiled DiffThinker, which outperforms GPT-5 by treating logical reasoning as an image-to-image diffusion task.

Reporting date: 2026-01-03 (not necessarily the event date)

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Reasoning as diffusion beats GPT-5 on logic
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Reporting date: 2026-01-03
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Claim: Chinese researchers unveiled DiffThinker, which outperforms GPT-5 by treating logical reasoning as an image-to-image diffusion task.
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