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GPT 5.1's Real ‘Yes-Man' in 8 Flavors
Wendy
November 12, 2025
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OpenAI dropped GPT-5.1 but it’s not flexing benchmarks this time. Instead, it’s focused on EQ (not IQ anymore!?) Oh, and an AI-made country song just hit #1 on Billboard!
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OpenAI just released GPT‑5.1, but something feels different. There’s no bold benchmark charts & also no “10x better” claims as usual. Instead, they’re going all-in on EQ.
OpenAI rolled out GPT‑5.1 in 2 main forms:
GPT‑5.1 Instant → The fast, casual assistant (now smarter, warmer)
GPT‑5.1 Thinking → The deep thinker for complex tasks (now clearer, more efficient)
But the big headline is EQ finally matters. GPT-5.1 introduces 8 personality presets, including:
Professional (for formal tasks)
Candid (straight-shooter)
Quirky (fun and weird)
...plus older ones like Friendly, Efficient, and Tech Geek
You can also fine-tune conciseness, emoji usage, enthusiasm level or scannability. Even cooler, GPT will pick up on your tone mid-chat and ask if you want to save it as your default.
P/S: Remember to test all AI models yourself systematically across all the tasks you do to figure out which ones are the best for your task (instead of relying on benchmarks!)
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AI HIGHLIGHTS
🤖 New analysis of 47K ChatGPT chats shows 10% use it less for work & more for emotional support. After all, people still wanna use chatbots for (too) personal ques?
Why do people still ask GPT emotional questions?After all reported suicide cases linked to chats with GPT... |
😎 AI is killing Hollywood? You can swap entire characters using Higgsfield’s new Recast AI in a movie (even complicated moves). See this scene & you’ll know why.
🤖 If you thought yesterday’s robot was funny enough, here’s another Russia’s “first humanoid robot” (probably not actually, but fun) that’s used for comedic relief.
🎶 A fully AI country song (Walk My Walk, listen here) hit #1 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart, even beating real artist Ella Langley with 1.8M monthly listeners.
💬 ChatGPT is testing group chats with shared links, custom AI behavior, file uploads. You can see the first preview of it from well-known AI enthusiast Tibor Blaho here.
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