6 days Ago By [email protected] (Shubham Verma)
Updated April 14th 2025, 23:14 IST The GPT-4.1’s launch comes days after OpenAI said it would phase out the long-running GPT-4 model in favour of GPT-4o. OpenAI has announced GPT 4.
1 as its latest foundational model, which will replace GPT-4o in future. The new artificial intelligence model, the company claimed, has a larger context window, allowing users to ask lengthier questions, and brings significant performance upgrades over GPT-4o. During a live-streamed announcement, OpenAI said GPT-4.
1 is now available to developers, while a consumer-facing version will be released in the coming days. The GPT-4.1 model has two smaller models: GPT-4.
1 Mini and GPT-4.1 Nano, which will find their application in different types of applications. The latter, particularly, is the company’s smallest, fastest, and cheapest model, which will appeal to developers more.
OpenAI said GPT-4.1 is 26 per cent cheaper than GPT-4o, but did not reveal how much its development cost the company. The debate around the cost-effectiveness of AI models was sparked by the entry of Chinese startup DeepSeek, which shook up the entire AI industry with its chatbot built at a fraction of cost OpenAI poured into the development of the GPT-4 model.
The argument around GPT-4.1’s economical appeal lies on the sentiment that foundational models do not have to cost billions of dollars. The GPT-4.
1’s launch comes days after OpenAI said it would phase out the long-running GPT-4 model in favour of GPT-4o. Launched two years ago, GPT-4 has been the baseline for all ChatGPT-related developments, but the quick advancements in the AI industry, driven by increasing competition, prompted OpenAI to come up with a “natural successor.” Read more: iPhone 17 Pro: What Should iPhone 16 Pro Users Expect? Published April 14th 2025, 23:14 IST.
