AI researchers develop 'reasoning' model for under $50

Researchers created an AI reasoning model on par with OpenAI's o1 for less than $50
The floodgates have opened for building AI reasoning models on the cheap. Researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington have developed a model that performs comparably to OpenAI o1 and DeepSeek R1 models in math and coding — for less than $50 of cloud compute credits.
Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50
AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI "reasoning" model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, according
New AI Reasoning Model Rivaling OpenAI Trained on Less Than $50 in Compute
It's cheap to copy already built models from their outputs, but likely still expensive to train new models that push the boundaries.
US researchers develop AI reasoning model for mere $50, challenges OpenAI, DeepSeek
A team of researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington have developed an AI reasoning model, s1, for less than $50. This is a massive achievement, given the notion that significant financial resources are essential for developing AI reasoning models.
OpenAI releases its new o3-mini reasoning model for free
OpenAI just released o3-mini, a reasoning model that’s faster, cheaper, and more accurate than its predecessor.
Academic researchers find a way to train an AI reasoning model for less than $50
A small team of AI researchers from Stanford University and the University of Washington has found a way to train an AI reasoning model for a fraction of the price paid by big corporations that produce widely known products such as ChatGPT.
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Reliable ‘reasoning’ AI agents may be just around the corner thanks to DeepSeek’s innovations, say researchers
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Cheaper, smarter AI? UW, Ai2, and Stanford researchers boost model by making it ‘think’ longer
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I put OpenAI's new o3-mini model to the test — and I'm shocked by the results
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OpenAI now reveals more of its o3-mini model’s thought process
In response to pressure from rivals including Chinese AI company DeepSeek, OpenAI is changing the way its newest AI model, o3 ...
OpenAI responds to DeepSeek competition with detailed reasoning traces for o3-mini
By showing a more detailed version of the chain of thought of o3-mini, OpenAI is closing the gap with DeepSeek-R1.
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These researchers used NPR Sunday Puzzle questions to benchmark AI ‘reasoning’ models
Researchers used questions from the NPR Sunday Puzzle challenge to build a benchmark to test AI 'reasoning' models.