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OpenAI o3 and o4-mini

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555 points maheshrijal | 1 comments | 16 Apr 25 17:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.261s | source
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evaneykelen ◴[16 Apr 25 17:22 UTC] No.43707993[source]▶
A suggestion for OpenAI to create more meaningful model names:

{Size}-{Quarter/Year}-{Speed/Accuracy}-{Specialty}

Where:

* Size is XS/S/M/L/XL/XXL to indicate overall capability level

* Quarter/Year like Q2-25

* Speed/Accuracy indicated as Fast/Balanced/Precise

* Optional specialty tag like Code/Vision/Science/etc

Example model names:

* L-Q2-25-Fast-Code (Large model from Q2 2025, optimized for speed, specializes in coding)

* M-Q4-24-Balanced (Medium model from Q4 2024, balanced speed/accuracy)

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1. oofbaroomf ◴[16 Apr 25 17:45 UTC] No.43708299[source]▶
This is even more incomprehensible to users who don't understand what this naming scheme is supposed to mean. Right now, most power users are keeping track of all the models and know what they are like, so this naming wouldn't help them. Normal consumers don't really know the difference between the models, but this wouldn't help them either - all those letters and numbers aren't super inviting and friendly. They could try just having a linear slider for amount of intelligence and another one for speed.