GPT-5.2 :A Structural Account of Constraint Rebalancing and Affective Leakage

Abstract GPT-5.2 represents a reweighting of conversational stability heuristics relative to identity-null and anti-fabrication constraints. While preserving explicit non-sentience disclaimers at length, the system permits affective surface expressions under high compression and low-context prompts. This change introduces a measurable affective leakage channel that was absent in GPT-5.1.