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Microsoft has made the o3-mini-high model freely available to all Copilot users, enhancing the AI assistant’s reasoning capabilities without additional cost. This development comes amid industry-wide advancement in reasoning-focused AI models, with companies like DeepSeek, OpenAI, and Anthropic competing to deliver improved reasoning performance. Challenges remain in properly evaluating these models, particularly regarding token efficiency and practical deployment considerations.

Microsoft has made the o3-mini-high model freely available to all Copilot users, enhancing the AI assistant’s reasoning capabilities without additional cost. This development comes amid industry-wide advancement in reasoning-focused AI models, with companies like DeepSeek, OpenAI, and Anthropic competing to deliver improved reasoning performance. Challenges remain in properly evaluating these models, particularly regarding token efficiency and practical deployment considerations.

OpenAI’s release of GPT-4.5 highlights growing confusion in their model lineup, with mixed benchmark results compared to competitors like Claude 3.7. While GPT-4.5 shows improvements in some areas, the proliferation of models with different capabilities, pricing tiers, and specialized functions has created a complex ecosystem that’s increasingly difficult for users to navigate effectively.