OpenAI: o1-mini

OpenAI's o1-mini model, created on September 11, 2024, is an experimental offering from OpenAI's latest o1 family, designed for enhanced "thinking time" and optimized for STEM tasks. It consistently ranks among the fastest models, demonstrating exceptional speed across benchmarks. While no cost data is available, suggesting potential free tier usage, its reliability is outstanding, achieving 100th percentile across three benchmarks, indicating minimal technical failures and consistent response delivery. However, benchmark results reveal significant limitations in its current experimental state. The model achieved 0.0% accuracy across all tested categories: Email Classification, Reasoning, and General Knowledge. This indicates that despite its speed and reliability in providing responses, the content of these responses is currently unusable for practical applications. Its described strengths in math, science, and programming, and "PhD-level accuracy" on STEM benchmarks, are not reflected in these baseline tests. This suggests that while the underlying architecture aims for high-level cognitive tasks, the o1-mini is not yet functional for general-purpose accuracy.