
OpenAI released first open source models in 6 years
OpenAI released the first open source models in the last 6 years! The promised release took place.
The new models gpt-oss-1-20b and gpt-oss-20b impress with their performance, demonstrating o4-mini level on key benchmarks. Link in description.
The senior model requires only a good laptop, while the junior can work even on a modern smartphone!
Flexible reasoning depth configuration with 3 modes — low, medium and high. This allows precise balancing between speed and response quality. And the built-in ability to call tools in the reasoning chain opens excellent possibilities for creating complex agent systems.
The Apache 2.0 license removes practically all restrictions. Now these powerful models can be integrated into startups, commercial products and research projects without legal barriers!
One thing bothers me. There’s censorship. If you ask about some borderline things – it may refuse to give an answer.