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Top stories today:
- OpenAI’s o3-pro “reasoning” model debuts to replace o1-pro
- Google rolls out Android 16 to Pixel phones earlier than expected
- Sam Altman expects AI systems with “novel insights” for 2026
- Elon expresses “regret” over criticisms of Trump
- Crypto market structure bill advances in U.S. House Committee
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1. OpenAI’s o3-pro “reasoning” model debuts to replace o1-pro
The new model has slightly outperformed the o3 (medium) and o1-pro in OpenAI’s benchmark testing:
Enterprise and Edu users will get it next week.
Priced at $20/M input and $80/M output tokens in the API.
Takes longer than o1-pro to respond, per OpenAI.
Generating images isn’t possible, and Canvas isn’t supported.
Tends to overthink if not given enough context.
o3-pro has been rated higher than o3 by human reviewers, OpenAI said
A new “flex” mode for synchronous processing has also been launched at $5/M input and $20/M output tokens.
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3. Google rolls out Android 16 to Pixel phones earlier than expected
Based on Material 3 Expressive design language.
Pixel 6 and above are compatible with the update.
Additionally, AI-powered photo edit suggestions have debuted on Google Photos for Android.
4. Sam Altman expects AI systems with “novel insights” for 2026
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