OpenAI’s Strawberry and Orion Will Redefine Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence — If the Hype is Real

Everybody is talking about OpenAI’s two new models named “Strawberry” and “Orion”.

I hear you, and trust me, I’m usually the first to roll my eyes at the hype train, especially after all the staged acts we’ve seen in the past.

Until I see ChatGPT or Claude making some serious leaps, I’m staying cautiously optimistic about all AI Labs and their outrageous claims.

But if there’s any truth to it, I want to bring you up to speed and explain why this is so important for developers, startups, and even global power dynamics.

The Technical Breakthroughs in Strawberry and Onion

Let me start by breaking it down briefly:

• Strawberry (previously Q*) is designed to tackle challenges that have traditionally stumped LLMs (e.g., advanced math and coding). Internal tests, including solving the notoriously tricky New York Times puzzle, already show that Strawberry outperforms current models.
• Orion, on the other hand, is the highly anticipated successor to GPT-4 and it’s being trained with data generated by Strawberry, which could make it significantly more powerful than its predecessor.