OpenAI has announced a much-anticipated new family of AI models that can solve difficult reasoning and math questions better than previous large language models. On Thursday, it launched a “preview” version of two of these models, called o1-preview and o1-mini, to some of its paying users.
AI with improved reasoning and math skills could help chemists, physicists, and engineers work out answers to complex problems, which might help them create new products. It could also help investors calculate options trading strategies or financial planners work through how to construct specific portfolios that better trade off risks and rewards.
