This is the mini version which is not as good as o1 and I don’t think they demoed in the o3 announcement. I’m hoping the full release will be impressive
I know this isn't the full o3 release, but I find it odd that they're branding it as o3 when it feels more like an update to o1 mini.
Yes, reasoning has improved, but the overall results haven't advanced as much as one would expect from a major version update.
It's highly unusual for OpenAI to release a milestone version like this - it feels more like a marketing move than a genuine upgrade.
Who knows what's going on behind closed doors?
If I put on my tinfoil hat for a moment, maybe Nvidia made a deal with OpenAI - offering a discount on computing power in exchange for a timely release.
OpenAI needs an enormous amount of computing power these days, and while Nvidia would take a financial hit by offering a discount to one of its biggest (if not the biggest) customers, that's still nowhere near as costly as losing 600 billion.
