With competition from Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude AI models heating up, OpenAI has found itself in the midst of an identity crisis. Once the undisputed leader in large language models (LLMs), it’s now scrambling to maintain its position at the top. New models like ChatGPT-4o and 4o mini have stemmed the exodus to competing AI chatbots, but OpenAI is under constant pressure to keep innovating. The company has done just that with o1-preview, a new AI model series that excels at complex reasoning and emulating human thought. How good is it? I put it to the test to find out.
What is the new o1-preview ChatGPT model all about?
OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini are the latest models available within ChatGPT, designed for complex reasoning tasks and problem-solving. As their names suggest, these models are not generational successors to GPT-4 or any of OpenAI’s previous language models. In fact, GPT-4o will not only continue to exist but also remain the default model for all chats.