Researchers open source Sky-T1, a ‘reasoning’ AI model that can be trained for less than $450

Researchers at UC Berkeley's Sky Computing Lab released Sky-T1-32B-Preview, an open-source AI reasoning model trained for under $450. It competes with earlier OpenAI o1 versions on key benchmarks, outperforming it on some math and coding tasks. This shows high-level reasoning capabilities can be replicated affordably. The team plans to improve their models further, focusing on efficiency and accuracy, potentially leading to more accessible AI reasoning models for various applications.