OpenAI will reportedly unleash next-gen Orion AI model
But not for a wide audience.
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OpenAI is set to introduce Orion, its next-generation AI model, this December, reports The Verge, citing its sources with knowledge of the matter. However, initial access will be limited to key partner companies instead of a broad release through ChatGPT.com to the general public. The new model is expected to be a full-blown version rather than an enhanced or specialized version of an existing one.
Orion is viewed internally as a successor to GPT-4, though it is unclear whether its official name will be GPT-5 when released. An OpenAI executive has reportedly hinted that Orion could be up to 100 times more powerful than GPT-4, Open AI's flagship model. Unlike the recently released o1 model, designed for enhanced reasoning and aimed at applications like scientific problem-solving, data analysis, and structured knowledge tasks, Orion is geared toward broader AI capabilities for the general public.
For now, OpenAI plans to keep AI models with enhanced reasoning and AI models with broader capabilities separate, though eventually, they will merge as the company is working on artificial general intelligence (AGI). Yet, Orion's training involved synthetic data generated by o1, known internally as Strawberry. >
