OpenAI Launches Prism: Free AI-Native Scientific Writing Workspace with GPT-5.2

Summary

OpenAI launched Prism on January 27, 2026 — a free, cloud-based, LaTeX-native workspace for scientific writing and collaboration with GPT-5.2 integrated directly into the workflow. The product embeds OpenAI's most advanced model for mathematical and scientific reasoning into the document editing process, with access to paper structure, equations, references, and surrounding context. Features include document editing, compilation, citation management, and AI-assisted revision. Prism is free to u