OpenAI just dropped new o3 and o4-mini reasoning AI models – and a surprise agent

OpenAI just dropped new o3 and o4-mini reasoning AI models – and a surprise agent

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Following the recent launch of a new family of GPT-4.1 models, OpenAI released o3 and o4-mini on Wednesday, the latest addition to its existing line of reasoning models. The o3 model, previewed in December, is OpenAI’s most advanced reasoning model to date, while o4-mini is a smaller, cheaper, and faster model.

Meet o3 and o4-mini

Simply put, reasoning models are trained to “think before they speak,” meaning they take more time to process the prompt but provide…

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