OpenAI to launch AI models that can think up their own experiments, says report

Jorg Greuel/Getty Images Following the launch of a brand new family of GPT-4.1 models, a new report from The Information claims OpenAI will soon release two new models capable of performing a task typically reserved for humans -- coming up with scientific experiments. Also: It's a private cloud revival: Why Kubernetes and cloud-native tech are essential in the AI age The new models, dubbed o3 and o4-mini, would be additions to OpenAI's existing line of reasoning models. Simply put, these reasoning models are trained to "think before they speak," which results in a longer time to process the prompt but higher quality responses. These types of models are especially useful for STEM tasks, which would be the focus of o3 and o4-mini. According to the report, the new models will synthesize information from different fields and subject expertise and then use that knowledge to suggest new, innovative experiments. According to insider sources who have tested the model and are cited in the r ... Read full article.