What are the ’12 days of OpenAI’?
OpenAI has announced a "12 days of OpenAI" event series, starting on December 5, featuring 12 days of live streams and the release of "a bunch of new things, big and small". The live streams will occur daily for 12 weekdays, with a launch or demo, and will be available on the OpenAI website and YouTube channel.
What has been dropped so far?
Wednesday, December 11
- Apple released iOS 18.2, which includes integrations with ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence.
- Siri can now recognize when you ask questions outside its scope and ask if you’d like to process the query using ChatGPT.
- Visual Intelligence refers to a new feature for the iPhone 16 lineup that allows users to search the web with Google or use ChatGPT to learn more about what they are viewing.
- Writing Tools now features a new "Compose" tool that allows users to create text from scratch by leveraging ChatGPT.
Tuesday, December 10
- Canvas is coming to all web users, regardless of plan, in GPT-4o.
- Canvas has been built into GPT-4o natively, allowing users to call on Canvas instead of having to go to the toggle on the model selector.
- Canvas can also be used with custom GPTs and has the ability to run Python code directly in Canvas.
Monday, December 9
- OpenAI teased the third-day announcement as "something you’ve been waiting for" and dropped its video model, Sora.
- Sora can generate video-to-video, text-to-video, and more.
- ChatGPT Plus users can generate up to 50 videos per month at 480p resolution or fewer videos at 720p.
- The new model is smarter and cheaper than the previewed February model.
Friday, December 6
- OpenAI expanded access to its Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program.
- The program allows developers and machine learning engineers to fine-tune OpenAI models to excel at specific sets of complex, domain-specific tasks.
- OpenAI encourages research institutes, universities, and enterprises to apply to the program.
Thursday, December 5
- OpenAI unveiled two major upgrades to its chatbot: a new tier of ChatGPT subscription, ChatGPT Pro, and the full version of the company’s o1 model.
- The full version of o1 will be better for all kinds of prompts, beyond math and science, and will make major mistakes about 34% less often than o1-preview, while thinking about 50% faster.
- ChatGPT Pro is meant for ChatGPT Plus superusers, granting them unlimited access to the best OpenAI has to offer, including unlimited access to OpenAI o1-mini, GPT-4o, and Advanced Mode.
Where can you access the live stream?
The live streams are held on the OpenAI website, and posted to its YouTube channel immediately after. To make access easier, OpenAI will also post a link to the live stream on its X account 10 minutes before it starts.
What can you expect?
The releases remain a surprise, but many anticipate that Sora, OpenAI’s video model initially announced last February, will be launched as part of one of the bigger drops. Other rumored releases include a new, fuller version of the company’s o1 LLM with more advanced reasoning capabilities, and a Santa voice for OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode.
Conclusion
OpenAI’s "12 days of OpenAI" event series has already dropped several exciting updates, including integrations with ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence, and the release of Sora, its video model. The event series is expected to continue with more surprises and updates, including rumored releases of a new version of o1 LLM and a Santa voice for OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode.
FAQs
Q: What is the "12 days of OpenAI" event series?
A: The "12 days of OpenAI" event series is a series of live streams and releases of new features and updates from OpenAI, starting on December 5.
Q: What has been dropped so far?
A: Several updates have been dropped so far, including integrations with ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence, and the release of Sora, OpenAI’s video model.
Q: How can I access the live stream?
A: The live streams are held on the OpenAI website, and posted to its YouTube channel immediately after. To make access easier, OpenAI will also post a link to the live stream on its X account 10 minutes before it starts.
Q: What can I expect from the event series?
A: The releases remain a surprise, but many anticipate that Sora, OpenAI’s video model initially announced last February, will be launched as part of one of the bigger drops. Other rumored releases include a new, fuller version of the company’s o1 LLM with more advanced reasoning capabilities, and a Santa voice for OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode.
