OpenAI's o3-mini Now Lets You See The AI's Thought Process

OpenAI released its o3-mini model exactly one week ago, offering both free and paid users a more accurate, faster, and cheaper alternative to o1-mini. Now, OpenAI has updated the o3-mini to include an updated chain of thought.OpenAI announced via an X post that free and paid users would now be able to view the reasoning process the o3-mini goes through before arriving at a conclusion. For example, in the post, a user asked, How is today not a Friday? and under the dropdown showing how long it took, the model delineated every step in its chain of thought that allowed it to land on its answer.Bruce Burke Participating In Forbes Entrepreneur Of Impact CompetitionVOTING IS NOW OPEN - I HAVE TO ASK - PLEASE VOTE FOR BRUCE BURKEExciting News! Neural News Network editor Bruce Burke has been selected to participate in the Entrepreneur of Impact competition. One visionary winner will be featured in Forbes, receive $25,000, and have a one-on-one mentoring session with the Shark Tank's own Daymond John. Please vote for your Neural News Network editor!CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR BRUCE BURKE IN ENTREPRENEUR OF IMPACTI'm proposing building an AI-powered, fully automated news and information organization that creates news articles, videos, podcasts, deep dives, special reports, white papers, and more — focused on the ever-expanding world of AI.I’m currently in 12th place, I have advanced to the top 15 with only four days to go!I would appreciate your vote and will be posting again when voting starts. I have setup my profile that outlines my proposal linked below. PLESE VOTE TODAY!CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR BRUCE BURKE IN ENTREPRENEUR OF IMPACTUnderstanding how the model arrived at the conclusion is helpful because it not only helps users verify the accuracy of the conclusion, but it also teaches users how they could have arrived at that answer themselves. This is particularly useful for math or coding prompts, in which seeing the steps could allow you to recreate them the next time you encounter a similar problem.Paid ChatGPT subscribers will also be able to see the updated chain of thought in o3-mini in the high reasoning effort. As the name implies, high reasoning just allows the model to apply more compute power for more advanced questions that require higher reasoning. In the X post announcing the feature, OpenAI throws out the term Chain of Thought (CoT), but what does it actually mean?In the same way you would ask a person to explain their reasoning step by step, CoT prompting encourages an LLM to break down a complex problem into logical, smaller, and solvable steps. By sharing these reasoning steps with users, the model becomes more interpretable, allowing users to better steer its responses and identify errors in reasoning.More on OpenAI’s Chain of Thought reasoning on ZDNETPlease support our podcast sponsor Moving On IT | Tomorrow’s Technology, TodayMoving On IT | Authorized Partner For IT, AI, And Cybersecurity SolutionsI’ve partnered with Moving On IT, your authorized partner for navigating the complex landscape of today’s technology. Moving On IT specializes in providing cutting-edge hardware, software, and cybersecurity solutions tailored to your needs.From robust IT infrastructure to advanced Al applications, Moving On IT empowers businesses to thrive in the digital age. Contact Moving on IT with all your IT, AI and Cybersecurity requirements. Call +1 (727) 490-9418 or email: [email protected] Check out Moving On IT’s new press release on Cybersecurity Dive | CLICK HERE Get full access to Neural News Network at remunerationlabs.substack.com/subscribe