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o3, o4-mini And GPT-5 Very soon!

The TLDR
OpenAI announces the upcoming release of o3 and o4-mini models in weeks, with GPT-5 following months later. This represents a strategic shift from earlier plans. Quasar Alpha, with million-token context, may actually be o4-mini.

Imagine you're about to get a glimpse into the future of artificial intelligence - that's exactly what OpenAI is giving us with the latest announcements from CEO Sam Altman. In a recent post on X, Altman announced that the o3 and o4-mini models will be released in the coming weeks, with GPT-5 to follow in a few months aswell as o3-pro.

This decision marks a U-turn, as the original plan was to integrate o3 directly into GPT-5. Altman emphasized that this change will allow OpenAI to make GPT-5 even more powerful and ensure that there is enough capacity to meet the expected high demand.

In parallel, a new language model called “Quasar Alpha” is causing a stir in the AI community. This model, which is available on OpenRouter, offers an impressive context window of one million tokens and demonstrates remarkable coding capabilities. Many experts suspect that Quasar Alpha could in fact be OpenAI's o4-mini, further fueling speculation about OpenAI's strategy and future plans.

These developments mean exciting times for the AI community. The upcoming releases promise not only technological advances but also new opportunities for applications and research in the field of artificial intelligence. It remains to be seen how these models will perform in practice and what innovative applications will emerge from them.

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