According to Odaily, OpenAI is working on a new artificial intelligence model under the codename 'Strawberry.' This project, previously undisclosed, aims to showcase advanced reasoning capabilities. Even within OpenAI, the workings of 'Strawberry' are kept highly confidential, according to sources familiar with the matter and internal documents reviewed by the media. The internal documents describe a project utilizing the Strawberry model to enable the company's AI not only to generate answers to queries but also to autonomously and reliably navigate the internet to conduct what OpenAI refers to as 'deep research.'
When asked about the Strawberry technology, an OpenAI spokesperson stated, 'We aim for our AI models to perceive and understand the world as humans do. Continuous research into new AI capabilities is common practice in the industry, and it is widely believed that the reasoning abilities of these systems will improve over time.' Although the spokesperson did not directly address questions about Strawberry, media reports indicate that the project was previously known as Q*. The Q* project was reportedly a catalyst for the sudden dismissal of OpenAI's CEO last year. Media sources suggest that Q* might possess fundamental mathematical abilities not present in GPT-4, potentially indicating reasoning capabilities comparable to human intelligence. This development is speculated to represent a significant step towards OpenAI's goal of achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).