Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has admitted that the company's naming conventions for AI models are confusing and even deserving of ridicule. He announced plans to overhaul these names by summer 2024 to improve clarity for users. OpenAI's latest models, including GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini, have confusing numerical designations that make them hard to distinguish. Altman's sentiments were echoed by Kevin Weil, OpenAI's chief product officer, who also criticized the existing naming conventions as "atrocious." They are aware of the issue and are working towards a solution.
"How about we fix our model naming by this summer and everyone gets a few more months to make fun of us (which we very much deserve) until then?" Altman wrote on X this week.
"It's absolutely atrocious and we know it, and we will get around to fixing it at some point, but it's not the most important thing, and so we don't spend a lot of time on it," Weil said.
OpenAI's model names have been the subjects of much confusion, with a series of numbered, nonspecific names like GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, o1-pro, o3-mini, and so on.
Even CEO Sam Altman says the AI giant deserves to be mocked over the branding choices.
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