# From 'GPT-5 Can't Do Basic Math' to Today: What a Year Tells Us > Source: > Published: 2026-08-02 06:28:25+00:00 # From 'GPT-5 Can't Do Basic Math' to Today: What a Year Tells Us A year ago [Next Figure AI's F.03 Ladder Climb: Autonomy or OSHA Violation? →](/en/news/4729/) ## All Replies （3） C A year ago it couldn't add fractions reliably. Now it walks through proofs for me. Night and day. 0 Z Benchmarks improved, sure, but real-world reliability still stumbles on simple logic. Progress ≠ parity. 0 R How are you catching those logic stumbles in your own testing? Curious what eval setup you use. 0