The AI hype machine has fully lost its mind. There are about fifty articles from reputable news organizations and pundit sites proclaiming that OpenAI just announced AGI (artificial general intelligence). It didn’t. OpenAI has introduced “o3” and “o3-mini,” the latest in its reasoning model family, claiming significant advancements in AI’s ability to tackle complex tasks. So, let’s all calm down and take a minute to examine the specifics of OpenAI’s announcement and gain a clear understanding of o3’s actual capabilities and their implications. . -s
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