OpenAI has launched a new 'reasoning' AI model, o3-mini, the successor to the AI startup's o1 family of reasoning models.

It's 63% cheaper than OpenAI o1-mini and 93% cheaper than the full o1 model, priced at $1.10/$4.40 per million tokens in/out.

Safety researcher Steven Adler recently announced his departure after 4 years, citing safety concerns. He claimed the AGI race is a huge gamble.

OpenAI on Friday released o3-mini, an AI model that focuses on improved reasoning capabilities at a more modest cost than its predecessor. Why it matters: The announcement of the new model follows Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's release of its R1 open-source model,

On Thursday, OpenAI announced that it is deepening its ties with US government through a partnership with the National Laboratories and expects to use AI to "supercharge" research across a wide range of fields to better serve the public.

DeepSeek is causing havoc throughout the AI industry. U.S.-based tech companies that have heavily invested in AI saw their stocks take a tumble this week after the China-based startup released a new AI model on par with OpenAI's latest model, yet much cheaper to train — plus, DeepSeek made it free and open source.

ChatGPT maker says it will need extra protection from US government, following emergence of Chinese rival, DeepSeek.

The Japanese conglomerate is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost the ChatGPT developer.

Mark Zuckerberg’s confidence: The Meta chief executive officer predicted a “really big year” in which the social media company’s “highly intelligent and personalized AI assistant” will reach more than 1 billion people on its platforms.

"The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire," the opening title card to the 1984 sci-fi blockbuster "The Terminator" reads. "Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future.

OpenAI may find little refuge under intellectual property and contract law if DeepSeek used ChatGPT to cheaply train its popular new chatbot.