According to The Verge, people familiar with the matter revealed that OpenAI is preparing to launch an "open weight model" that will be launched as early as next week. OpenAI's models are usually "closed source weights", that is, their training parameters will not be made public. People familiar with the matter said that the model is "similar to o3 mini" and has the reasoning capabilities of OpenAI's latest models that are widely acclaimed. In recent months, OpenAI has demonstrated this model to developers and researchers and widely solicited feedback from the AI community.