OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini: An AI small on price and big on brains

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ChatGPT 4o mini
OpenAI launched ChatGPT 4o mini today. Image credit: OpenAI

OpenAI just dropped a new AI model and it’s about to make intelligence as common as cat videos on the internet. Well, sort of.

Say hello to GPT-4o mini, the AI that’s small on price but big on brains.

GPT-4o mini what now?

This little powerhouse is scoring 82% on MMLU (that’s Multiple-choice Massive Language Understanding for us mere mortals). It’s even outperforming its big brother GPT-4 on chat preferences.

But here’s the kicker… It’s doing all this at a fraction of the cost.

We’re talking 15 cents per million input tokens and 60 cents per million output tokens. That’s more than 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo.

There’s more to this bargain, though.

Tokens for everyone!

GPT-4o mini isn’t just a one-trick pony. It also has a 128K token context window, can handle up to 16K output tokens per request, and knows stuff up to October 2023.

And just yesterday I was praising its competitor, Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, for winning the rate limiting and token race…

ChatGPT 4o mini's performance
ChatGPT 4o minis performance Image credit OpenAI

GPT-4o mini is like having a super-smart, multilingual intern who never sleeps and works for pennies.

Is GPT-4o mini safe?

Now, I know what you’re thinking.

“But is it safe?”

We’d probably need more proof and investigation, but at this point, it looks as if OpenAI built in more safety measures than a helicopter parent.

From filtering out hate speech and adult content during pre-training to using fancy techniques like “instruction hierarchy” to resist jailbreaks and prompt injections, they’re not messing around.

Using GPT-4o mini

So, what can you do with this pocket-sized brainiac?

Well, if you’re a developer, the world’s your oyster.

From chatbots that don’t make you want to pull your hair out, to apps that can analyze your entire code base in seconds, GPT-4o mini is ready to make your AI dreams come true.

And pricing?

And for all you ChatGPT users out there, guess what?

GPT-4o mini is replacing GPT-3.5 for Free, Plus, and Team users starting today.

Enterprise users, you’ll get your turn next week.

OpenAI’s on a mission to make AI so cheap and smart that it’ll be everywhere. In a few years, we might be asking our toasters for life advice.

So buckle up, folks. The AI revolution is here, and it’s more affordable than ever.

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Cheryl Kahla explores the intersections of tech and society. She covers emerging tech trends, AI, science, and gaming. Outside of writing, Cheryl indulges in martial arts and debating the merits of AI with her cat, Gotham. He is indifferent to the subject.

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