OpenAI is perhaps the best-known brand in AI, so when it launches a new version of its chatbot, it’s worth taking note—its flagship ChatGPT GPT-4o model made a big splash when it was announced in May because it was impressive from a technical standpoint. Now there are indications OpenAI’s “next big thing,” a model currently codenamed “Orion,” will arrive in December, news site The Verge reported.
But unlike previous model releases, Orion will arrive differently. Earlier GPT updates debuted through some form of a public announcement, then were released soon after as downloadable tools for business and general users. But Orion will be shown to OpenAI’s partner companies first, so that they can “build their own products and features,” the Verge reported.
Interestingly, OpenAI has followed an unconventional naming process for its models—GPT 4o was followed by “o1” and “o1 mini” in September—so it’s also not known if Orion, when it launches, will be branded as “GPT 5,” indicating it’s a next-generation version, rather than an update of the existing model.
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