{"id":29200,"date":"2025-04-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=29200"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:17:35","slug":"openais-o1-and-o3-mini-reasoning-models-now-available-through-u-m-gpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/22\/openais-o1-and-o3-mini-reasoning-models-now-available-through-u-m-gpt\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI’s o1 and o3-mini reasoning models now available through U-M GPT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Information and Technology Services is pleased to announce the integration of two new models into U-M GPT, the o1 and the o3-mini from OpenAI, which users can now access through the U-M GPT homepage<\/a> dropdown menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This update marks the first inclusion of \u2018reasoning models\u2019 to U-M\u2019s AI services, which excel in the ability to perform tasks that require multi-step logical thinking, adaptive reasoning, or more \u2018thinking through\u2019 than surface-level analysis. Per OpenAI, these models are optimized for STEM fields and work at a level \u2018similar to a PhD student,\u2019 outperforming GPT-4o in tasks for advanced physics, chemistry, and biology. They also demonstrate particular proficiency in generating and debugging complex Python code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond logically elaborate tasks, both models can serve as versatile tools, enabling users to leverage them as AI-powered assistants for analyzing data, summarizing academic research, generating study guides, translating foreign languages, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both of these models operate on either a \u2018low,\u2019 \u2018medium,\u2019 or \u2018high\u2019 level of logical reasoning, which refers to its ability to handle tasks with varying degrees of complexity in its reasoning. At present, ITS has set the models to the \u2018high\u2019 level, so that users can benefit from the full power of these models and perform tasks that require nuance, depth, and analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This dual integration reflects U-M\u2019s commitment to enhancing and diversifying its AI resources for education, research, and professional development. As always, these and all other models which U-M GPT supports remain available at no cost to the U-M community. For more details on AI at U-M, please visit our AI services<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Information and Technology Services is pleased to announce the integration of two new models into U-M GPT, the o1 and the o3-mini from OpenAI, which users can now access through the U-M GPT homepage dropdown menu. This update marks the first inclusion of \u2018reasoning models\u2019 to U-M\u2019s AI services, which excel in the ability to perform tasks that require multi-step\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":29199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[942,1031,1049],"class_list":["post-29200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-services","category-features","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-genai","tag-generative-ai"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image.png",1024,768,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-400x266.png",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-300x225.png",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-768x576.png",665,499,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-600x450.png",600,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image.png",1024,768,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image.png",1024,768,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-665x499.png",665,499,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reasoning-models-article-cover-image-400x250.png",400,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel Sutton, ITS Marketing & Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/rachelsu\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Information and Technology Services is pleased to announce the integration of two new models into U-M GPT, the o1 and the o3-mini from OpenAI, which users can now access through the U-M GPT homepage dropdown menu. This update marks the first inclusion of \u2018reasoning models\u2019 to U-M\u2019s AI services, which excel in the ability to perform tasks…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29201,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29200\/revisions\/29201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}