Recently, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman revealed on social media that the highly anticipated o3-mini will be officially released in a few weeks. This news has excited many users who are following the development of artificial intelligence. As a distilled version of the large model, o3-mini will launch both an API and a web interface to further meet user needs.
Although the performance of o3-mini is not as strong as its predecessor o1-pro, it has improved in speed. In this regard, OpenAI research scientist Hongyu Ren stated that o3-mini will be available in three versions: high, medium, and low, allowing users to choose the version that best suits their needs. In the Codeforces programming benchmark tests, the low version of o3-mini performed worse than o1, but its high version excelled in cost-effectiveness, making it more suitable for programming tasks.
Regarding the release of o3-mini, Altman mentioned related plans as early as last year, indicating that it would be launched by the end of January 2025. Additionally, the usage quota for o3-mini will be higher than that of the o1 series and will be made available to all ChatGPT Plus subscribers, allowing more users to enjoy the superior performance of this new model.
When discussing issues related to AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), Altman also revealed that the computational power required to achieve AGI is 872 megawatts. He noted that the power generation capacity of the largest nuclear power plant in the U.S. could only support five such AGIs. While the figure of 872 megawatts is quite precise, it has sparked widespread discussion about whether OpenAI is nearing the realization of AGI.
Key Points:
🌟 OpenAI will release o3-mini in a few weeks, with high, medium, and low versions available.
⚡️ The performance of o3-mini is not as strong as o1-pro, but it has improved in speed, making it more suitable for programming.
🔋 Achieving AGI requires 872 megawatts of computational power, sparking heated discussions about the future of artificial intelligence.
