OpenAI cancels standalone o3 AI model in favour of a ‘unified’ next-gen release

OpenAI has effectively cancelled the release of o3, which was to be its next major standalone AI model, in favour of a “simplified” product offering, CEO Sam Altman announced on Wednesday.

“We will release GPT-5 as a system that integrates a lot of our technology, including o3,” he said in a post on X.

Altman stated that the company’s primary focus is to unify o-series models and GPT-series models by “creating systems” that can utilise all of their tools, know when to think for a long time or not, and “generally be useful for a very wide…