Sam Altman-Led OpenAI Releases Open-Weight AI Model With Reasoning Capabilities
On Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company plans to release its new open-weight language model with reasoning capabilities in the coming months. This decision might have been driven by the impressive success of DeepSeek’s R1 model and the growing popularity of Meta Platforms, Inc.’s META Llama models.
What Happened:
In a post shared on X, formerly Twitter, Altman revealed that the model would be the first of its kind since GPT-2 and would feature publicly accessible trained parameters or weights, allowing developers to fine-tune the model for specific tasks. “We've been thinking about this for a long time, but other priorities took precedence,” Altman said, adding, “Now it feels important to do.”
OpenAI's AI Model Access
OpenAI provides access to its AI via a chatbot and cloud-based services. In contrast, models like R1, Llama, and other open-weight alternatives can be freely downloaded and customized. A model's weights represent the internal values of a neural network, determined during training. Open-weight models offer a cost-effective solution and can be adapted for specialized applications, such as processing sensitive or confidential data, reported Wired.
Transition to For-Profit
OpenAI is also transitioning to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group (SFTBF, SFTBY), which will support the development of future AI models. This move comes after the company closed a $6.6 billion funding round in October.
Meta's Success with Llama Model
Meanwhile, Meta has seen significant success with its AI model family, ‘Llama,’ which reached a milestone of 1 billion downloads. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted this achievement, underscoring the growing confidence in open-source AI models.
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