In response to pressure from rivals including Chinese AI company DeepSeek, OpenAI is changing the way its newest AI model, o3-mini, communicates its step-by-step “thought” process. On Thursday, OpenAI ...

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OpenAI has released a new proprietary AI model in time to counter the rapid rise of open source rival DeepSeek-R1 — but will it be enough to blunt the latter's success? Today, after several days of ...

OpenAI today released o3-mini, a new, more cost efficient model that's available for both ChatGPT and the OpenAI API starting today. OpenAI previewed o3-mini in December, but it is ready at a time ...

Simply put, reasoning models are trained to "think before they speak," meaning they take more time to process the prompt but provide higher-quality responses. As a result, like older models, o3 and o4 ...

OpenAI today made its o3-mini large language model generally available for ChatGPT users and developers. Word of the launch leaked a few hours earlier. According to Wired, OpenAI brought o3-mini’s ...

Choosing the right AI model can feel a bit like picking the perfect tool from a crowded toolbox—each option has its strengths, but finding the one that truly fits your needs can be tricky. Whether you ...