Everything we know: OpenAI's o3 model

Has OpenAI o3 been released?

As of January 3, 2025, OpenAI 03 has not been released. OpenAI is making 03 available for public safety testing. You can apply on their website to get early access and help them test the model.

They plan to launch 03 mini around the end of January and the full 03 model shortly after that. The date is tentative and subject to change depending on the outcome of the safety testing.

What we expect from OpenAI o3 and o3 mini

OpenAI is gearing up to release its latest language model, 03, with a smaller, more efficient version called 03 mini. Expected in early 2025, these models promise significant advancements from o1 and o1-mini and GPT-40 and 40-mini.

Evolution of OpenAI's o-series and GPT Models

Building on the success of GPT-3.5, GPT-4o, and o1, 03 is set to raise the bar with enhanced reasoning and problem-solving skills, particularly in coding and mathematics. 03 mini aims to provide the same impressive performance at a lower cost.

Early reports suggest 03 will outperform existing models in key areas. The OpenAI team highlighted its exceptional performance in several key areas:

Coding:

• 03 excels in coding tasks, surpassing previous models by a significant margin on benchmarks like Codeforces. It even outperforms OpenAI's Chief Scientist and a former competitive programmer, achieving an ELO score of 2727. This suggests a substantial leap in code generation, understanding, and problem-solving within the coding domain.

Mathematics:

• 03 demonstrates remarkable mathematical abilities, achieving state-of-the-art results on challenging benchmarks like the Amy (American Mathematics Competitions). It consistently scores high on these tests, often missing only one question, and even surpasses the performance of some experts.

Reasoning and Problem Solving:

• 03 shows advanced reasoning and problem-solving skills, exceeding human performance on certain tasks. It achieves impressive scores on benchmarks like the Arc AGI, which evaluates a model's ability to learn new skills and solve complex problems, surpassing human performance with a score of 87.5%.
• 03 also excels on the Epic AI's Frontier Math benchmark, a dataset consisting of novel and extremely difficult mathematical problems. While other models struggle with this benchmark, 03 achieves an accuracy of over 25%, highlighting its advanced problem-solving capabilities.

Overall, 03 appears to be a significant advancement in AI capabilities, particularly in the areas of coding, mathematics, and complex reasoning.

While specific details and real-world applications remain to be seen, its performance on these benchmarks suggests a model capable of tackling highly challenging tasks and potentially revolutionizing various fields. Get ready to start using them as early as the end of January 2025.

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