OpenAI Releases ChatGPT o1, ‘World’s Smartest Language Model” via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Today OpenAI rolled out what Sam Altman says is the world’s smartest language model in the world plus a brand new Pro tier that comes with unlimited usage limits and with a higher level of computing resources.

OpenAI ChatGPT o1 Model

Sam Altman announced on X (formerly Twitter) that their new AI model is now live and available in ChatGPT right now and will be arriving to the API soon.

He tweeted:

“o1, the smartest model in the world. smarter, faster, and more features (eg multimodality) than o1-preview. live in chatgpt now, coming to api soon.

chatgpt pro. $200/month. unlimited usage and even-smarter mode for using o1. more benefits to come!”

Screenshot Of ChatGPT 01 Model Availability

ChatGPT o1 Uploads Bug Or A Feature?

I don’t know whether this is a feature or a bug but a user will have to downgrade to the 4o model if they want ChatGPT to analyze anything other than an image file.  This new model, unlike the previous models, doesn’t allow uploads of text, PDF files, or CSV files. Only image filetypes are allowed.

Initial Confusion About $200 Pricing

Altman’s tweet was interpreted as announcing a price increase of the $20 ChatGPT tier to $200.  One of the first responses praised the high benchmark performance of the new o1 model but lamented that ChatGPT was now out of reach for many users.

They tweeted:

“Incredible numbers on the benchmarks but that $200 hurts – the most powerful model will now become out of reach for many”

That person wasn’t alone. The impression that the $20 tier had increased to $200 was echoed elsewhere across social media.

Sam Altman immediately responded:

everything you share here is available in the $20 tier!

The confusion is understandable because the name of the new plan is similar to the name of the $20 tier. The new $200  plan is called Pro and the ChatGPT that costs $20 is called Plus.

ChatGPT Pro Mode $200/Month

ChatGPT Pro Mode is a new tier that has more “thinking power” than the standard version of o1, which increases it’s reliability. Answers in Pro mode take longer to generate, displaying a progress bar and triggering an in-app notification if the user navigates to a different conversation.

OpenAI describes the new ChatGPT Pro Mode:

“ChatGPT Pro provides access to a version of our most intelligent model that thinks longer for the most reliable responses. In evaluations from external expert testers, o1 pro mode produces more reliably accurate and comprehensive responses, especially in areas like data science, programming, and case law analysis.

Compared to both o1 and o1-preview, o1 pro mode performs better on challenging ML benchmarks across math, science, and coding.”

The new tier is not a price increase from the regular plan, which is called Plus. It’s an entirely new plan called Pro.

OpenAI’s new o1 Pro plan provides unlimited access to its new o1 model, along with o1-mini, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice. It also includes o1 Pro Mode, which has access to increased computational power to generate more refined and insightful responses to complex queries.

Read more about OpenAI’s new pro plan and O1 model:

Introducing ChatGPT Pro

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