Lecture Transcript Notes

Introduction

• Speakers: Greg Brockman, Mark Chen, Eric Mitchell, Brandon McKenzie, Wenda, Ana, Fouad, Michael.
• Main Topic: Release of new AI models 03 and 04 Mini by OpenAI.

New Models: 03 and 04 Mini

• Qualitative Leap: These models are described as a significant step forward, producing novel and useful ideas.
• Tool Usage: Trained to use tools, enhancing reasoning capabilities.
  • Example: Model 03 used 600 tool calls in a row for a task.

Applications and Capabilities

• Software Engineering: Models excel at navigating real codebases, outperforming some human engineers.
• Image Manipulation: Models can work with images, using Python to manipulate and analyze them.
• State-of-the-Art Performance: Achieved top results in benchmarks like Amy GPQA, Code Forces, and Sweetbench.

Demonstrations

• Physics Poster: Model 03 analyzed a physics poster and compared findings to recent literature.
• Personalized Information: Model 03 used memory to tailor information about coral reef research.

Training and Evaluation

• Algorithmic Advances: Focus on reinforcement learning (RL) paradigm, scaling both training and test time.
• Benchmark Results:
  • 99% accuracy on math contests using tools.
  • Top performance in coding with tools, e.g., fixing code bugs using container interactions.

Multimodal Reasoning

• Performance Gains: Models achieved significant improvements in multimodal tasks like MMBench, Vstar.
• Examples:
  • Multimodal reasoning using images in chain of thought.
  • Applied to real-world problems like bug fixing in code.

Codex CLI

• Introduction: Lightweight interface for connecting models to user computers.
• Demo: Showcased capabilities such as generating ASCII art from screenshots.

Rollout and Availability

• ChatGPT Rollout: Available to Pro Plus and Team subscribers immediately; Enterprise and EDU users after a week.
• API Release: Models and tool usage to be available in the API in the coming weeks.

Conclusion

• Mission Statement: Bringing AGI to benefit humanity, useful in scientific and daily life applications.
• Call to Action: Encouragement for users to explore and innovate with the new models.