OpenAI Likely To Launch New AI Models Next Week

OpenAI is set to unveil new AI models, including an enhanced version of its GPT-4o multimodal model, according to a report by The Verge.

The company will release GPT-4.1—a revamped version of GPT-4o—alongside the full version of the o3 reasoning model and o4-mini model, the report said.

Earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that the company would be releasing the o3 and o4-mini models within a couple of weeks. The Verge report now suggests that these models will likely be released next week.

Meanwhile, OpenAI has announced that GPT-4 will be retired from ChatGPT effective April 30, 2025.

According to a changelog posted by the company, GPT-4 will be fully replaced by GPT-4o, OpenAI’s latest multimodal model. However, GPT-4 will remain available in the API.

“In head-to-head evaluations, it consistently surpasses GPT-4 in writing, coding, STEM, and more,” OpenAI stated. “Recent upgrades have further improved GPT-4o’s instruction following, problem solving, and conversational flow, making it a natural successor to GPT-4.”

GPT-4 was OpenAI’s first widely deployed multimodal model, launched in March 2023 in ChatGPT and Microsoft’s AI assistant, Copilot.

Previously, Sam Altman revealed that GPT-4 cost over $100 million to train. It was later succeeded by GPT-4 Turbo in November 2023, a faster and cheaper version.