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Okay here we go, or note this for later claim chatter. A source has told the

verge that open AI plans to launch its next flagship model, cod named Orion, by December rolling it out in phases

starting with the company's trusted partners.

Quote, unlike the release of Open AI's last two models, GPT 4O and O 01, Orion won't initially be released widely through

Chat G-G-T. Instead, Open AI is planning to grant access first to companies it

works closely with in order for them to build their own products and features,

according to a source familiar with the plan.

Another source tells the verge that engineers inside Microsoft, Open AI's main partner

for deploying AI models, are preparing to host Orion on Azure as early as November.

While Orion is seen inside Open AI as the successor to GPT4, it's unclear if the company

will call it

gp. Five externally.

As always, the release plan is subject to change and could slip.

Open AI and Microsoft declined to comment for this story. Orion has been teased by an open AI executive as potentially up to 100 times more powerful than

GPT4. It's separate from the 01 reasoning model Open AI released in September.

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