AI
OpenAI o1 (OpenAI)
In brief
OpenAI unveils o1, the first family of models designed to "think" longer before answering, with strong abilities in reasoning, math and code.
Key points
- OpenAI introduces o1 on September 12, 2024, the first family of models designed to reason longer before answering.
- Strong capabilities in reasoning, mathematics and code on complex tasks.
- The model devotes more compute time to thinking, at the cost of increased latency.
- It launches the wave of reasoning models across all players.
Analysis
With o1, OpenAI opens the category of reasoning models, which favor depth of analysis over speed. On complex questions, answers gain in reliability, which extends the use of assistants to tasks that were until then too risky to delegate to an AI.
For visibility, models capable of reasoning and comparing sources more finely reward rigorous, argued and well-referenced content. Superficial or approximate content has less chance of being retained as support for solid reasoning.
What to do
- Reinforce the rigor of strategic content: cited sources, explicit methodology, verifiable data.
- Anticipate more complex and comparative queries by producing in-depth analyses rather than short, isolated answers.
- Track the evolution of assistant answers on your areas of expertise as reasoning models become widespread.
Impact
More reliable answers on complex tasks. Launches the wave of reasoning models.