Is OpenAI’s New “o1” Model The Big Step Forward We’ve Been Waiting For?

Parmy Olson of Bloomberg joins for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. She's also the author of the new book, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World. We cover 1) OpenAI's release of its new o1 model, that can do reasoning, also know as Q* or Strawberry 2) o1's features and what makes it different 3) Businesses struggling to find o1 uses 4) Investor concerns over AI 5) A precursor to AI agents? 6) OpenAI raising at a $150 billion valuation now 7) Would people pay $2,000 per month for ChatGPT? 8) When will OpenAI have to return its investment? 9) Lessons about Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis from Parmy's book 10) AI news anchor avatars

Chapters

00:00 OpenAI's New Reasoning Model: A Game Changer?
10:24 The Pressure on OpenAI and Its Leadership
21:20 The Future of AI: Reasoning and Agents
32:38 OpenAI's Valuation and Funding Strategies
45:48 AI Avatars in News: The Future of Journalism