OpenAI has launched o3-mini, a new AI language model that improves upon its predecessor, o1-mini.  The company offers this model for free to all ChatGPT users, with additional features available for paid subscribers. This new update probably comes off as a perceived threat of newly made Chinese AI models. This article will discuss everything about the latest OpenAI o3-mini.

OpenAI o3-mini Overview

Performance Improvements

The o3-mini model outperforms o1-mini in AI benchmarks when set to medium or high reasoning levels. At high reasoning mode, it surpasses the larger o1 model in some benchmarks. The company reported that o3-mini demonstrated a 24% faster response time in A/B testing, averaging 7.7 seconds compared to o1-mini’s 10.16 seconds. However, unlike o1, o3-mini cannot process images or visual data.

Free and Paid Access

OpenAI allows all ChatGPT account holders to use o3-mini for free at the medium reasoning level. Paid users, including ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers, can access low and high reasoning levels. Enterprise users will gain access in February. o3-mini delivers answers 24% faster than o1-mini, reducing waiting time by about 2.46 seconds. This also lowers the energy consumption of systems running the model. Meanwhile, OpenAI has also limited o3-mini’s ability to assist with cybersecurity attacks.

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OpenAI o3-mini Availability

The o3-mini is now available to ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers, replacing the o1-mini in the model picker. Paid users can also select "o3-mini-high" for greater intelligence at the cost of response speed. Pro users have unlimited access to both models, while Plus and Team users get an increased limit of 150 messages per day, up from 50 with o1-mini. Free users can try o3-mini by selecting "Reason" in the message composer or regenerating a response, making it OpenAI’s first reasoning model accessible to non-subscribers.

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