OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has confirmed that the lightweight version, o3-mini, of the company's latest reasoning model, o3, will be made available to free tier users of ChatGPT.
The o3 model, known for its breakthrough in reasoning capabilities, performs internal fact and reasoning checks before generating responses.
The o3-mini model is a smaller and more lightweight version of the full o3 model, offering faster response times and reduced compute requirements.
Paid tier users will still have access to GPT-4o Turbo and will also experience 'tons of o3-mini usage' as part of their membership.