Overview
- Prism embeds GPT-5.2 directly into LaTeX documents to help draft and revise text, search and insert citations, handle equations and figures, convert whiteboard sketches to diagrams, and support real-time coauthoring.
- The web app is free for anyone with a personal ChatGPT account and allows unlimited projects and collaborators, with Business, Enterprise, and Education rollouts and more powerful paid features planned.
- Built on the recently acquired Crixet platform, Prism centralizes tools that typically span editors, PDFs, LaTeX compilers, and reference managers to reduce context switching in scientific writing.
- OpenAI stresses that Prism augments researchers rather than conducts autonomous research, as usage of ChatGPT for advanced science topics averages 8.4 million messages per week.
- Privacy and integrity concerns surfaced quickly as OpenAI’s FAQ notes no Zero Data Retention by default and maintained logs, experts warned about IP exposure and hallucinated citations, and publishers cautioned about further strain from AI-assisted submissions.