OpenAI’s o3-mini: The Affordable AI That Actually Thinks Before It Speaks
TL;DR OpenAI has today launched o3-mini, a new AI reasoning model that’s smarter, faster, and cheaper than its predecessors. Designed for STEM tasks like programming, math, and science, o3-mini fact-checks itself to deliver more reliable answers. It’s available now via ChatGPT and API, with pricing that’s 63% lower than the previous o1-mini model. While it’s a step forward, OpenAI faces stiff competition from Chinese AI giant DeepSeek and its R1 model. OpenAI’s o3-mini: The Affordable AI That Actually Thinks Before It Speaks Let’s face it: AI is amazing, but it’s not perfect. We’ve all seen those moments when ChatGPT confidently gives you an answer that’s completely wrong. (Remember when it tried to convince us that 2+2=5?) Well, OpenAI’s latest release, o3-mini, is here to change that. This new reasoning model is designed to think before it speaks, fact-checking itself to […]