According to Greg Brockman (@gdb), GPT-5.1 Pro represents a significant step toward AI models that function more like real colleagues, demonstrating improved domain expertise, intuition, judgment, and communication skills, as well as increased empathy (source: x.com/_simonsmith/status/1991263744228237604). This evolution in large language models (LLMs) highlights the trend of moving beyond basic task automation to AI systems capable of nuanced collaboration in professional environments. For businesses, these advancements create opportunities for deploying AI assistants in knowledge-intensive sectors such as legal, medical, and financial services, where accurate expertise and empathetic interaction drive value (source: twitter.com/gdb/status/1992646559285330392).