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- OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o mini, a scaled back model variant based on GPT-4o.
- The new model is smarter, more knowledgeable, and cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo.
- Free ChatGPT users stand to benefit the most as ChatGPT will now use the GPT-4o mini model instead of GPT-3.5 Turbo.
Ever since ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, the chatbot has relied on the GPT-3.5 language model for its responses by default. That finally changes today as OpenAI has announced a new GPT-4o mini model that replaces GPT-3.5 Turbo as the base ChatGPT model. As its name suggests, GPT-4o mini is a scaled back variant of the full-fledged GPT-4o model released this May. Despite the apparent size reduction, GPT-4o mini delivers better responses than GPT-3.5 Turbo for cheaper.
OpenAI’s announcement says that GPT-4o mini performs universally better than the GPT-3.5 Turbo it replaces. In benchmarks shared by the AI startup, the new lightweight model delivers anywhere from 10% to 70% better scores.