With the launch of OpenAI's new large language model, GPT-4o Mini, CEO Sam Altman has finally acknowledged the issues with the company's naming conventions. The GPT-4o Mini is promoted as being more cost-effective than its non-Mini counterpart, making it particularly suitable for businesses developing their own chatbots. However, this complex and cumbersome naming has drawn widespread criticism.
This time, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has finally responded to external criticism, admitting that the combination of numbers and letters in the naming scheme is indeed confusing. Regarding the name "GPT-4o Mini," he tweeted, "It's time to consider a new naming scheme."
On the X platform (formerly Twitter), tech YouTuber Concept Central joked, "You really need to improve your naming scheme." To this, Altman responded with an internet slang, "Haha, yes, we do." This rare response indicates OpenAI's seriousness about the naming issue.
Despite the naming challenges with its products, OpenAI has shown more creative naming in other projects. For example, OpenAI's video generator Sora, which means "sky" or "void" in Japanese, and the image generator DALL-E, which is clearly a nod to Pixar's movie "WALL-E" and artist Salvador Dalí. Even rumors about the company's advanced AI projects, such as the code names "Q*" and "Strawberry," show a unique approach to naming.
In contrast, the GPT series' naming seems overly basic, with its full name "Generative Pre-trained Transformer" almost equivalent to the general classification of all large language models in this category. Nevertheless, given the immense popularity of ChatGPT and its related LLMs, it remains unclear whether OpenAI will overhaul its existing naming system.
OpenAI has stated that while it has noticed the naming issues, considering the widespread use of ChatGPT and its underlying LLMs, there may not be a large-scale adjustment to the naming in the short term. Whether the company will innovate in naming in the future is worth watching.
Key Points:
📢 Sam Altman admits that OpenAI's combination of letters and numbers in naming needs improvement.
🔍 The recent release of GPT-4o Mini, criticized for its cumbersome naming, has prompted a response from the CEO.
💡 OpenAI's other projects, such as Sora and DALL-E, have more creative naming approaches.