AI founders and investors told TechCrunch that we're now in the "second era of scaling laws," noting how established methods of improving AI

The latest AI model from OpenAI achieved an “impressive leap in performance” but it still hasn’t demonstrated what experts classify as human-level intelligence

OpenAI has launched the O3 and O3 Mini models, setting a new standard in AI with enhanced reasoning capabilities. Notable achievements include 71.7% accuracy on SWE-Bench and 96.7% on the AIME benchmark.

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See all the announcements from OpenAI’s 12-day extravaganza, including new integrations for developers and an opportunity to stress-test the next big model.