SMRTR AIJan 13, 2025ZDNet

$450 and 19 hours is all it takes to rival OpenAI's o1-preview

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NovaSky research team at UC Berkeley released Sky-T1-32B-Preview, a new open-source AI reasoning model comparable to OpenAI's o1-preview. Built in just 19 hours for under $450 using eight Nvidia H100 GPUs, Sky-T1 performs well on math and coding tasks but lags on advanced physics questions. This quick, affordable development demonstrates the potential for replicating high-level AI capabilities efficiently. The open-source approach could level the playing field for smaller labs and nonprofits, addressing cost and trust concerns in AI adoption.

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