Sam Altman Compares OpenAIs o1 Model to GPT-2 for Reasoning [Video]

In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the company’s latest AI model, o1, as being at the ‘GPT-2 stage’ of reasoning development. Altman explained, “I think of this as like we’re at the GPT-2 stage of these new kinds of reasoning models.” He emphasised that while the model is still early in its development, significant improvements are expected in the coming months.

Altman said that users will notice o1 rapidly improving as OpenAI moves from the o1-preview model to the full release. “Even in the coming months, you’ll see it get a lot better as we move from o1-preview to o1, which we shared some metrics for in our launch blog post,” he said.

“You will see it reach the GPT-4 equivalent over the coming years.”

He highlighted the steep improvement curve of the o1 model, …