OpenAI Gears Up to Launch O3 and O4 Mini AI Models Amid GPT-5 Delay

OpenAI is reportedly preparing to release its O3 reasoning model and a smaller, potentially faster, O4 Mini model. Mentions of these models have been found in a recent update to the ChatGPT web version. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicated that the new O3 and O4-mini models would be released in the coming weeks, prior to the release of GPT-5. The O3 model is designed to handle complex tasks requiring analytical thinking and problem-solving. O3-mini is optimized for performance and cost efficiency, sacrificing some capabilities for reduced computational requirements. The company aims to integrate GPT-5 to decide which type of model to use based on a user's query.