The Rundown: OpenAI is reportedly developing a secretive new AI model codenamed ‘Strawberry’ (formerly Q*), designed to dramatically improve AI reasoning capabilities and enable autonomous internet research.
The details:
Strawberry is an evolution of OpenAI’s previously rumored Q* project, which was touted as a significant breakthrough in AI capabilities.
Q* had reportedly sparked internal concerns and was rumored to have contributed to Sam Altman’s brief firing in November 2023 (what Ilya saw).
The new model aims to navigate the internet autonomously to conduct what OpenAI calls “deep research.”
The exact workings of Strawberry remain a closely guarded secret, even within OpenAI — with no clear timeline for when it might become publicly available.
Why it matters: The Internet has been waiting for new OpenAI activity as competitors catch up to GPT-4o — and after a bit of a lull, the rumor mill is churning again. With Strawberry, an AGI tier list, new models in the arena, and internal displays of human-reasoning capabilities, the AI giant may soon be ready for its next major move.