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OpenAI rolls out o3 and o4-mini: smarter, faster, leaner
PLUS: Copilot gains full web freedom, Grok turns docs into apps, AI meets protein design & Codex arrives for devs

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MAIN AI UPDATES / 17th Apr 2025
🧠 OpenAI o3 and o4-mini 🧠
Smarter reasoning, faster responses
OpenAI has introduced two new models, o3 and o4-mini, enhancing ChatGPT's capabilities with improved tool usage and reasoning abilities. These models deliver smarter and faster reasoning through integrated features like web search, comprehensive file analysis, and image generation. The updated architecture allows for more efficient processing of complex tasks and information retrieval. Both models are now available to users, offering enhanced performance while maintaining OpenAI's commitment to responsible AI deployment.
🖥️ Microsoft Copilot Studio Computer Use 🖥️
AI that navigates the web autonomously
Microsoft has expanded its Copilot Studio platform with autonomous web navigation capabilities. The tool now allows users to design agents that can independently perform tasks like market research, invoice processing, and data entry. The key advancement is giving AI complete freedom to visit any webpage, unlike the consumer version which is limited to specific sites. Already released as part of Microsoft Copilot Studio, with early adopters leveraging the expanded capabilities for business process automation.
🤖 Grok Studio 🤖
Document creation meets app building
xAI has expanded its Grok chatbot with the addition of Grok Studio, a canvas-like tool designed for document creation and basic app building. The feature enables users to create interactive documents and simple applications directly within the Grok ecosystem. Grok Studio brings a visual workspace that simplifies content creation and organization for all users. The tool is now live and available to all Grok users, making document and app creation more accessible.
INTERESTING NEWS
🧬 Profluent's Protein Design Breakthrough 🧬
Biotech startup Profluent has discovered a scaling law for AI-powered protein design tools, proving that more data leads to better results in biology-focused LLMs. This breakthrough provides a scientific foundation for improving AI models in protein engineering and drug discovery. The company has implemented this finding in their protein design systems to enhance effectiveness. This development could accelerate progress in therapeutic protein development and biological research.
💻 OpenAI Codex CLI 💻
OpenAI has released Codex, a lightweight coding agent designed specifically for terminal use. This tool combines ChatGPT-level reasoning capabilities with the power to run code, manipulate files, and iterate while maintaining version control. Codex features zero setup requirements, runs network-disabled and directory-sandboxed for security, and offers multimodal support. Currently available for developers who work primarily in terminal environments, it supports any model compatible with the Responses API.

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