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Becca Caddy

Why are ChatGPT model names so confusing? GPT 4o, o3, 4.1 mini, and more explained

A screenshot of ChatGPT's model names.

If you’ve ever opened ChatGPT and felt baffled by the alphabet soup of model names – like GPT-4o, o3, o4-mini – you’re not alone.

OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) doesn’t exactly make it easy with its naming conventions. But understanding what these models are, what they can do, and how to access them can help you get the most out of ChatGPT

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