OpenAI's o3-mini Arrives With an Unexpected Feature—Free Access

It's the first OpenAI reasoning model available to free users.

OpenAI's o3-mini Arrives With an Unexpected Feature—Free Access

Less than one week after DeepSeek's "Sputnik moment," OpenAI is releasing its o3-mini reasoning model to the public. This is the first OpenAI reasoning model that is not tied to a subscription—you can use it for free.