OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can. It’s being released alongside o1-mini, a smaller, cheaper version. And yes, if you’re steeped in AI rumors: this is, in fact, the extremely hyped Strawberry model.

OpenAI is set to launch Strawberry, a reasoning-focused AI, within two weeks as part of ChatGPT. Unlike traditional chatbots, it processes information before responding. The initial version will only handle text.

OpenAI truly does not want you to know what its latest AI model is “thinking.” Since the company launched its “Strawberry” AI model family last week, touting so-called reasoning abilities with o1-preview and o1-mini,

However, if you try to induce hallucinations in OpenAI's advanced o1 reasoning models, you may lose access to the model altogether. OpenAI unveiled its o1 models last week, which were trained to "think before they speak" and,

OpenAI's new o1 model, designed with "enhanced reasoning," hides its full thought process from users, and gives policy warnings for asking about it.