OpenAI Unveils New o3 and o3 Mini Models
By : DC Web Desk
Update: 2024-12-21 08:00 GMT
OpenAI announced the new artificial intelligence models on the last day of its 12-day “shipmas” event.
The AI company unveiled the 03 model, which is the successor of the o1 reasoning model that was launched in September. For particular tasks, the company will also introduce a smaller o3 mini model.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the o3 mini model will be released at the end of January and o3 model will be released shortly after that. The AI company has asked safety and security researchers to test the models before the launch. Researchers can test the o3 mini model starting today but o3 preview will arrive later.
OpenAI has jumped from o1 to o3, skipping to call it o2 model. The OpenAI spokesperson said the reason behind skipping o2 is “out of respect” for the British telecom provider that goes by the same name.
The o3 model has reportedly outperformed previous performances set by predecessors and it has also excelled in coding tests by 22.8 per cent.
The OpenAI company said that o3 and o3 mini models will be more powerful than its previous o1 models.
In order to reclaim the top spot in the AI race, OpenAI’s rival Google released Gemini 2.0 earlier this month.