January 5, 2026 ongoing Get alerts for lmarena.ai

Summary: LMSYS Chatbot Arena adds Gemini 3 and GPT-5.2

Why It Matters: The platform has updated its leaderboard with several unreleased or next-generation AI models. This gives a first look at how new models from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic rank against each other in human preference tests.

What Changed:

  • Added several new "Gemini 3" model variants (Pro, Flash, and Thinking).
  • Added "GPT-5.1" and "GPT-5.2" models to the rankings.
  • Added "Claude 4.5" and "Claude 4" thinking models.
  • Added "Grok 4.1" and "Grok 4" reasoning models.
  • Updated the leaderboard rankings for over 290 different AI models.
  • Removed the security "verify you are human" landing page to show the full data table.
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