OpenAI CEO announces o3-mini and rules out AGI launch

OpenAI plans to release its new AI model, o3-mini, in roughly a couple of weeks, CEO Sam Altman said.

thank you to the external safety researchers who tested o3-mini.

we have now finalized a version and are beginning the release process; planning to ship in ~a couple of weeks.

also, we heard the feedback: will launch api and chatgpt at the same time!

(it’s very good.)

— Sam Altman (@sama) January 17, 2025

The entrepreneur thanked independent safety researchers who tested the model. Following user feedback, the release of the API for o3-mini and its addition to ChatGPT will happen at the same time.

The new system is inferior to o1 pro in many respects but delivers high speed, Altman said. He also denied reports circulating on X about a launch of artificial general intelligence (AGI) — a hypothetical form of AI capable of performing any intellectual task at a human level.

twitter hype is out of control again.

we are not gonna deploy AGI next month, nor have we built it.

we have some very cool stuff for you but pls chill and cut your expectations 100x!

— Sam Altman (@sama) January 20, 2025

“The hype on Twitter is out of control again. We are not going to deploy AGI next month, and we have not built it. We have some very cool things for you, but please calm down and cut your expectations by 100 times!”, he wrote.

Earlier, OpenAI rolled out a feature that lets users set ChatGPT for more personalised default responses.

In December, the company unveiled the “thinking” AI model o3, the successor to o1. It also presented o3-mini, scheduling its release for early 2025.