Is OpenAI’s New “o1” Model The Big Step Forward We’ve Been Waiting For?

The new model can reason through really hard problems. Some will see its promise before others.

On Thursday, OpenAI released “o1,” a new AI model that can reason through hard problems by breaking them down to their component parts and handling them step by step. Released in two iterations, o1-preview and o1-mini, the model is available to all ChatGPT Plus users, with a broader release to follow.

The o1 release is the first of OpenAI’s “Strawberry” …