OpenAI responds to DeepSeek by releasing a new, cheaper model early
Following the DeepSeek news of last week, OpenAI seems to be going through different stages of envy:
At first, CEO Sam Altman was complimentary. He tweeted that DeepSeek was “impressive” but welcome competition to OpenAI, in which Microsoft is a major investor.
Then, OpenAI lashed out. The company itself accused DeepSeek of training its models on ChatGPT. (Never mind the fact that OpenAI was trained on the intellectual property of myriad others.)
Now, OpenAI is trying to fight back. Wired reports that it moved up the release of a newer, cheaper model called o3-mini — read: one that can compete with DeepSeek — to today. As Wired put it, “It’s fast, cheap, smart, and designed to crush DeepSeek.”
Then, OpenAI lashed out. The company itself accused DeepSeek of training its models on ChatGPT. (Never mind the fact that OpenAI was trained on the intellectual property of myriad others.)
Now, OpenAI is trying to fight back. Wired reports that it moved up the release of a newer, cheaper model called o3-mini — read: one that can compete with DeepSeek — to today. As Wired put it, “It’s fast, cheap, smart, and designed to crush DeepSeek.”
