🤯 OpenAI just launched o3 and o4 mini models

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In today’s post:

• OpenAI: o3 and o4-mini launch

• xAI: Grok’s new feature “Studio” like ChatGPT Canvas

• OpenAI: Social network like X is coming

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Launch

OpenAI just dropped its smartest models yet: o3 and o4-mini

(Watch them live)

These aren’t just upgrades they’re a shift in how ChatGPT works. Instead of just chatting back, these models can now decide when to use tools like web search, code interpreters, and image generators on their own. No more nudging it just does it.

Here’s what’s in the launch:

• o3 is the new top-tier model. It beats the older o1 model across the board:
  → +20% fewer major errors
  → New state-of-the-art results in coding (Codeforces 2706 Elo), science (GPQA: 26.6%), and visual reasoning (MMMU: 87.5%)
  → Can analyze images, generate charts, solve equations, and reason across text + visuals
  → Full tool access: browsing, Python, file uploads, image gen—all in one flow

• o4-mini is the leaner, faster option.
  → 99.5% on AIME math when paired with Python
  → Outperforms its size class in both STEM and non-STEM tasks
  → Great for high-volume use cases—cheaper but still smart

• Both models are trained to think before they act, using tools only when it makes the answer better. That’s new.

• You can try them in ChatGPT (o3 for Plus/Pro users, o4-mini available for everyone with the “Think” option).

Here’s what I think:

This is the biggest shift in ChatGPT since plugins. But smoother. Everything works out of the box, and the models choose how to solve a problem. It’s a quiet step toward AI that actually helps, not just chats.

Read the complete breakthrough here from OpenAI

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Update

Grok just got its own creative playground

OpenAI has Canvas. Claude has Artifacts. Now Grok's joining the party—with its own canvas-style workspace called Grok Studio.

The new feature, announced Tuesday night, lets you co-create apps, documents, and even browser games with Grok in a split-screen interface. Think: Chat on the left, real-time building on the right.

Here’s what’s in the release:

• Grok Studio lets you generate and edit code, docs, and reports—with support for live previews of HTML, JavaScript, Python, C++, and more.

• You and Grok can both work on the same content at once, like a little creative jam session.

• Everything happens in a dedicated window next to your chat—so you can tweak and test without jumping tabs.

• The update also adds Google Drive integration, so you can now attach files Docs, Sheets, Slides—and ask Grok to work with them.

Both free and paid users can try it right now at Grok.com

Here’s what I think:

This is less about novelty and more about catching up. Grok Studio brings Grok closer to what ChatGPT and Claude users have had for months: a shared workspace for getting stuff done. But with Drive support and a real-time coding window, it’s already pretty useful. And if xAI keeps stacking features like this? Grok might actually become more than just Elon’s meme-bot.

Coming soon

OpenAI might be building a social network seriously

OpenAI’s next move might surprise you: a social network.

According to insiders, there’s an internal prototype floating around that looks a lot like X but with a twist: it’s tied to ChatGPT and its image generation tools. Think of it like a feed for showing off AI-made stuff, with an assist from ChatGPT in creating what you post.

• Sam Altman has been quietly asking folks for feedback on it.

• It’s unclear whether it’ll be a standalone app or part of ChatGPT (which, by the way, just became the most downloaded app worldwide).

• Internally, it seems designed to do more than just share—it’s about letting AI help people post smarter, more engaging content.

If this happens, it throws Altman directly into the ring with Musk and Zuck. Elon’s Grok already pulls from X. Meta’s building its own feed for its AI assistant. Everyone’s racing to own real-time user data—a goldmine for training smarter models.

And yes, there’s been banter. After Musk tried to buy OpenAI for $97.4B, Altman clapped back: “no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.”

Here’s what I think:

This isn’t just a social app. It’s a move to control the data pipes. If OpenAI really does this—and if people actually use it they won’t just build better AI. They’ll own the conversation around it, too.

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