The creator of ChatGPT claims that its latest artificial intelligence system can reason and think like a human.
OpenAI has introduced a novel artificial intelligence system that claims to be capable of "reasoning" and tackling more complex challenges in science, coding, and mathematics than its predecessors.
This system, the inaugural model in the OpenAI o1 series, was launched Thursday as a preview, with the company indicating it anticipates ongoing updates and enhancements. It will progressively become accessible to the majority of ChatGPT users.
"We've equipped these models to spend more time deliberating on problems before they respond, similar to how a human would," the developer of ChatGPT stated on its website. "Through the training process, they enhance their thought process, experiment with various approaches, and learn to recognize their errors."
To showcase the capabilities of these new models, OpenAI pointed out that they can assist healthcare researchers in annotating cell sequencing data and physicists in creating complex mathematical equations essential for quantum optics.
The potential of these new AI models was also emphasized by Noam Brown, a research scientist at the company. "OpenAI's o1 can think for seconds, but our goal is for future versions to think for hours, days, even weeks. The cost of making these inferences will increase, such as higher energy expenses," he mentioned on X Thursday, referring to the expenses associated with using AI for making inferences from inputs. "But what price would you pay for a new cancer treatment? For a breakthrough battery?" he further added.
The significant energy consumption of AI was set to be discussed Thursday by senior officials from the White House and leading figures from the tech industry. Attendees were expected to include Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Ruth Porat, a senior executive at Google, and Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic.
While the technology might aid in tackling challenging issues such as cancer and the environmental crisis, it also brings along equally intricate obstacles, including the need to satisfy the substantial electricity demand necessary for sophisticated AI systems — which could potentially exacerbate global warming.
The latest OpenAI model lacks several key capabilities that make ChatGPT effective, such as searching the internet for information and uploading documents and photos, the company noted. However, it does represent a significant improvement in complex reasoning tasks, it added.
In evaluations, OpenAI 1 outperforms PhD students on hard benchmark tasks in physics, chemistry, and biology, as reported by the company. Additionally, in a qualifying test for the International Mathematics Olympiad, the new model accurately answered 83% of questions.
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