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OpenAI’s O3 and 04-Mini in 8 Minutes

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OpenAI unveils smarter O3 and O4-Mini models: what business users need to know

OpenAI just released its most intelligent AI models to date – O3 and O4-Mini – and they’re changing how we interact with AI assistants. As a business professional, you might be wondering what this means for your workflow. Let’s break it down in simple terms.

Why these new models matter

These new models are designed to “think longer before responding” – meaning they’re significantly better at reasoning through complex problems. The most exciting part? They can now intelligently combine multiple tools within ChatGPT, including:

  • Web searches
  • File analysis
  • Python code execution
  • Visual processing
  • Image generation

This means you can ask much more complicated, multi-step questions and get accurate, thoughtful answers.

Performance improvements that will save you time

The benchmark results show these models significantly outperform their predecessors (O1 and O3-Mini) across most tasks. They excel particularly in areas like math, coding, and problem-solving.

What’s most impressive is how the performance jumps even higher when these models use tools. For example, when O3 or O4-Mini can execute Python code or search the web, their abilities increase dramatically.

Smarter visual reasoning

These models don’t just “see” images – they actively reason through them. This means you can upload a whiteboard photo, diagram, or even a hand-drawn sketch (even if it’s blurry or low quality), and the model can interpret it and work with it.

For business professionals, this could revolutionize how you digitize handwritten notes or extract data from visual materials.

The new Codex CLI

OpenAI also announced Codex CLI, a terminal-base

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