OpenAI is building a new AI model under code name 'Strawberry': Report

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is reportedly building a new AI model called “Strawberry” aimed at making its AI tools reach human-level intelligence through advanced reasoning.

Strawberry would effectively scan the internet autonomously and reliably perform what OpenAI describes as “deep research” — allowing it to solve more complex real-world problems at scale,  according  to a July 12 report by Reuters.

This could involve anything from making major scientific discoveries to building new software applications, Reuters said after speaking with an OpenAI spokesperson, who added:

“We want our AI models to see and understand the world more like we do. Continuous research into new AI capabilities is a common practice in the industry, with a shared belief that these systems will improve in reasoning over time.”

Strawberry aims to achieve this by conducting an extensive “post-training” analysis on OpenAI’s  existing AI models  to craft out more human-like responses.

OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman said in AI “the most important areas of progress will be around reasoning ability” in January, 2024.

Strawberry is still a work in progress and it isn’t clear how close it is to being publicly available, Reuters said.

“How Strawberry works is a tightly kept secret even within OpenAI,” Reuters said from its discussion with the OpenAI spokesperson.

Strawberry extends on  OpenAI’s Q* project  announced last November, which several industry pundits  described  as a technical breakthrough allowing for the development of “far more powerful artificial intelligence models.”

Meanwhile, technology giants Microsoft and Apple reportedly  withdrew their board seats  at OpenAI amid increasing regulatory scrutiny earlier this month.

Altman’s firm also recently partnered with  Los Alamos National Laboratory  — which built the world’s first nuclear weapon — to experiment with AI use in bioscience research.