TL;DR: OpenAI’s new o1 model marks a significant leap in AI reasoning capabilities but introduces critical risks. Its reluctance to acknowledge mistakes, gaps in common-sense reasoning, and literal prompt-following behavior — especially in tool-use contexts — demands a new approach to safe and effective deployment.

OpenAI is bringing its o1 model to its API — and introducing other, related developer-focused improvements across its product portfolio.

OpenAI unveils o3 AI reasoning model with “deliberative alignment,” advancing real-time safety measures significantly.

OpenAI said today it’s making the full version of its o1 reasoning model available to its most committed developer customers.

OpenAI announced the release of a new family of AI models, dubbed o3. The company claims the new products are more advanced than its previous models, including o1. The advancements, according to the startup,

AI founders and investors told TechCrunch that we’re now in the “second era of scaling laws,” noting how established methods of improving AI models were showing diminishing returns. One promising new method they suggested could keep gains was “test-time scaling,

See all the announcements from OpenAI’s 12-day extravaganza, including new integrations for developers and an opportunity to stress-test the next big model.

Sam Altman CEO, OpenAI said the AI company plans to launch o3 mini (Credit: Getty) As the ‘Shipmass,’ by OpenAI comes to an end, the artificial intelligence (AI) company announced its latest launch. The AI company said on December 20,

The o3 and o3 mini models, which are in internal safety testing currently, will be more powerful than its previously launched o1 models, said OpenAI