OpenAI’s advanced reasoning model has arrived.
Initially dubbed “Project Strawberry,” the model was released to the public as “o1” on Thursday. As expected, o1 is able to “think” (process) before answering a prompt, which differs from previous large language models that use predictive text to form their responses. “We’ve developed a new series of AI models designed to spend more time thinking before they respond,” said OpenAI in the announcement.
In a demo shared on the OpenAI site, the video shows a user asking o1 in ChatGPT to “write a grammatictlly [sic] correct sentence without using any letters more than once.” The model then uses its new reasoning skills to weigh options and evaluate the sentence. According to the demo, after 39 seconds, o1’s cheeky response to the query is “go fix my bed.”
Another video features Research Lead Jerry Tworek asking o1 to solve …