If you’ve been avoiding using ChatGPT so far, there’s a new reason to give it a try. OpenAI has launched a new lightweight AI model primarily targeting developers looking to deploy AI features in their applications without breaking the bank. GPT-4o mini is cheaper than any other ChatGPT model so far, and it’s supposed to be faster than similar alternatives from OpenAI’s biggest rivals.
However, GPT-4o mini is not just for developers. The new model is available to all ChatGPT users, including those who are still on the ChatGPT Free subscription. It replaces the old GPT-3.5 Turbo LLM and should offer better performance than GPT-3.5 and a much better knowledge threshold.
Here I will tell you everything you need to know about ChatGPT GPT-4o mini.
ChatGPT Free users already have free access to GPT-4o. It’s OpenAI’s top model, announced in early May, just before Google unveiled all of its AI innovations at I/O 2024. However, free ChatGPT accounts have limited access to GPT-4o. This is where GPT-4o mini can come in handy. It can replace GPT-4o if and when you reach your quota on 4o.
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OpenAI explained in a blog post all the new features that the lightweight language model can bring. First of all, it is 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo. It costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens. This detail, however, is intended for developers. It means nothing for ChatGPT Free users who will not have to pay to access it.
What matters are the actual features. GPT-4o mini includes support for text and vision in the API and in ChatGPT applications. OpenAI promises better multimodal features in the future. This will include text, image, video, and audio inputs.
Additionally, GPT-4o mini has a popup window of up to 128,000 tokens and supports up to 16,000 output tokens per query. However, ChatGPT Free users get a popup window of 8,000 tokens. If you are using ChatGPT Plus or Teams, you will get popups of up to 32,000 tokens. The Enterprise tier gets the full popup window upgrade of 128,000 tokens.
Finally, the GPT-4o mini comes with a known-before date of October 2023, which is much better than the GPT-3.5 Turbo’s September 2021 deadline.
ChatGPT Free users should also know that they get unlimited access to GPT-4o mini compared to GPT-4o. However, ChatGPT Free may not be as fast as the premium versions.
When it comes to performance, OpenAI’s blog offers numerous benchmark scores that show that GPT-4o mini can outperform its direct rivals, Gemini Flash and Claude Haiku. According to the company, GPT-4o mini outperformed its competitors in reasoning tasks, math and coding proficiency, and multimodal reasoning.
OpenAI also addressed safety and security in its GPT-4o mini-blog post, claiming that the new model incorporates the same security measures as GPT-4o. However, it also features improvements that could prevent abuse, such as ChatGPT jailbreak attempts:
Building on these learnings, our teams have also been working to improve the security of GPT-4o mini using new techniques informed by our research. GPT-4o mini in the API is the first model to implement our Instruction Hierarchy(opens in a new window) method, which helps improve the model’s ability to resist jailbreaks, prompt injections, and system prompt extractions. This makes the model’s responses more reliable and helps make it safer to use in large-scale applications.
As for reliability, this is still a genAI chatbot. You should expect errors, or “hallucinations,” from GPT-4o mini. I encountered a few during a brief test of the model. I am still on the ChatGPT Plus plan rather than the free one. Needless to say, errors can be expected whether you pay for ChatGPT or not.
I wouldn’t be surprised if GPT-4o mini becomes the default ChatGPT model for Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT feature once iOS 18 rolls out. However, this is just speculation at this point. For now, ChatGPT Free and Plus users have access to both GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini in the ChatGPT app. It’s up to you to decide which model to use.
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