OpenAI releases o3 and o4-mini!

OpenAI releases o3 and o4-mini!

OpenAI presented its most powerful thinking models yesterday - o3 and o4-mini outperform their predecessors in almost all areas! For the first time, the new AI systems can combine all ChatGPT tools and use them independently, from web search to Python analysis. Most impressive: In mathematical competitions such as AIME 2025, o4-mini with Python access achieves an accuracy of 99.5% - a practically saturated benchmark. Both models also perform excellently in visual perception and complex programming tasks.

At the same time, operating costs are reduced: the models are not only more intelligent, but also more efficient than their predecessors. They are now available for Plus, Pro and Team users and replace o1 and o3-mini. Particularly exciting: OpenAI is releasing the experimental “Codex CLI” in parallel - an open source terminal agent that maximizes the reasoning capabilities of the models. An accompanying 1 million dollar funding program supports creative projects.

Today we are entering a new era. AI is becoming an essential companion for science. Benchmarks hardly mean anything anymore, tool usage is more important than ever - AGI is just around the corner.

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