Is OpenAI’s o1 a Fine-Tuned Version of GPT-4o with Chain of Thought? Here’s How It Works

There is a lot of speculation about OpenAI’s latest release, the o1-preview model, affectionately nicknamed “Strawberry”.

As it promises to redefine how we approach complex problem-solving in AI applications, it has sparked significant discussion and speculation within the developer community about its underlying architecture and capabilities.

Here’s its performance on Norway Mensa IQ test.

The test consists of 35 puzzles in the form of visual patterns that must be solved within a 25-minute time limit, and the results are interesting enough.

Maxim Lott @maximlott on X — TrackingAI.org/IQ

I believe o1 is the first reasoning model that excels at tackling challenging tasks, and it’s only going to improve from here.

I was watching and reading all week about the preliminary analysis that came from the community, let’s dive in!

At the end, I’ll share some papers for you to better understand o1, and also leave some practitioner resources for building with AI!