OpenAI said on Friday it was testing new Logic AI models, the O3 and O3 Mini, in a sign of growing competition with rivals such as Google to build smarter models capable of tackling complex problems. CEO Sam Altman said the AI ​​startup plans to launch O3 Mini by the end of January and full O3 later, as more robust large language models can outperform existing models and attract new investment and users. Are.

Microsoft-backed MSFT.O OpenAI released o1 AI models in September, designed to spend more time processing queries to solve tougher problems.

The AI ​​firm said in a blog post that O1 models are able to reason through complex tasks and solve more challenging problems than previous models in science, coding and mathematics.

The company said OpenAI’s new O3 and O3 Mini models, which are currently undergoing internal security testing, will be more powerful than its previously launched O1 models. The GenAI pioneer said it is opening an application process for external researchers to test the O3 model before public release, which will close on January 10.

OpenAI started the AI ​​arms race after launching ChatGPT in November 2022. The company’s growing popularity and new product launches helped OpenAI close a $6.6 billion funding round in October. Rival Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google released the second generation of its AI model Gemini in early December, as the search giant aims to regain the lead in the AI ​​technology race.