Benchmarks and costs for o3 and o4-mini below. OpenAI said o3 hits SOTA performance across benchmarks for coding, real-world software tasks, and multimodality (MMMU). Some major efficiency leaps for both models compared to performance.
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ChatGPT New Models Support All Tools, Replace o1 and o3
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Some other key updates:
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 16 avril 2025
Both new models are able to use all ChatGPT tools independently (web browsing, Python, images, etc.).
Available now for Plus, Pro, and Team users, and will be replacing o1, o3-mini, and o3-mini-high.
o3-pro is coming in "a few weeks". pic.twitter.com/risspxyDULSome other key updates: Both new models are able to use all ChatGPT tools independently (web browsing, Python, images, etc.). Available now for Plus, Pro, and Team users, and will be replacing o1, o3-mini, and o3-mini-high. o3-pro is coming in "a few weeks".
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OpenAI releases o3, o4-mini reasoning models and Codex CLI
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BREAKING: OpenAI just released o3 and o4-mini, the company's two newest reasoning models. o3 is OpenAI's 'most advanced' reasoner yet, while o4-mini brings strong results at lower costs. Also launching is Codex CLI, a new open-source coding agent. More info in thread below:
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Fujitsu and Partner Launch Takane Japanese LLM
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We’re on the ground at the @WorldSummitAI alongside our incredible partner, @Fujitsu
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OpenAI Launches o3 and o4-mini, Dominates SEAL Leaderboard
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@OpenAI has launched o3 and o4-mini! o3 is absolutely dominating the SEAL leaderboard with #1 rankings in: : HLE
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: MASK (honesty under pressure)
: ENIGMA (puzzle solving) Congrats @sama @markchen90 & team : https://
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IonQ CEO: Quantum Computing’s Commercial Reality and Market Position
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Please enjoy my interview with IonQ’s CEO Niccolo de Masi IonQ CEO: ‘We sell stuff; other people don’t sell stuff’ Quantum computing has been The Next Big Thing for a long time now, and has so far failed to live up to the hype. IonQ CEO Niccolo de Masi, who took over in
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Microsoft Launches Copilot Vision for Edge Browser
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Copilot Vision is out now, free in @MicrosoftEdge. It can literally see what you see on screen (if you opt in). Pretty amazing! It’ll think out loud with you when you're browsing online. No more over-explaining, copy-pasting, or struggling to put something into words. pic.twitter.com/XMXSYcsKIi
— Mustafa Suleyman (@mustafasuleyman) 16 avril 2025Copilot Vision is out now, free in @MicrosoftEdge
. It can literally see what you see on screen (if you opt in). Pretty amazing! It’ll think out loud with you when you're browsing online. No more over-explaining, copy-pasting, or struggling to put something into words. -
Google AI Studio Over-blocking Issues and Daily Quota Resets
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Hey! We are working on fixing over blocking right now, mind sharing some of the prompts you were trying (here, DM, or lkilpatrick@google.com)? And quota resets daily right now in AI Studio.
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Live AI: GPT-4.1, Veo2, Kling 2.0, Tech News & React Cash Investigation
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Big live at 3 PM: Testing GPT-4.1
Testing Veo2 and Kling 2.0
Various Tech & AI News
Tech News with Basti and Hardisk
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NVIDIA VideoPanda Generates 360° Videos from Text
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NVIDIA just introduced VideoPanda — a new method for generating 360° videos from text or single-view inputs. 🐼🎥 It enhances a video diffusion model with multi-view attention layers, enabling coherent panoramic synthesis. A big step forward for immersive video generation! pic.twitter.com/2HDj2Ya0Mw
— 机器之心 JIQIZHIXIN (@jiqizhixin) 16 avril 2025NVIDIA just introduced VideoPanda — a new method for generating 360° videos from text or single-view inputs. It enhances a video diffusion model with multi-view attention layers, enabling coherent panoramic synthesis. A big step forward for immersive video generation!
