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OpenAI wants its ‘open’ AI model to call models in the cloud for help


OpenAI is reportedly planning for its forthcoming 'open' AI reasoning model to 'hand off' to the company's models in the cloud for complex queries.

For the first time in roughly five years, OpenAI is gearing up to release an AI system that’s truly “open,” meaning it’ll be available for download at no cost and not gated behind an API. TechCrunch reported on Wednesday that OpenAI is aiming for an early summer launch, and targeting performance superior to open models from Meta and DeepSeek. Beyond its benchmark performance, OpenAI may have a key feature up its sleeve — one that could make its open “reasoning” model highly competitive, TechCrunch has learned.

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