--- title: "OpenAI Accidentally Leaked Its Upcoming o1 Model to Anyone With a Certain Web Address" description: "The full version of OpenAI's latest AI model called 01 appears to have leaked on Friday — only for the company to shut it down." date: "2024-11-04" modified: "2024-11-04" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-leak-o1-model" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "OpenAI" tags: - "chatgpt" - "o1-preview" - "OpenAI" - "the digest" --- # OpenAI Accidentally Leaked Its Upcoming o1 Model to Anyone With a Certain Web Address ![The full version of OpenAI's latest AI model called 01 appears to have leaked on Friday — only for the company to shut it down.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Mortal Domains The full version of OpenAI's latest AI model called 01 appears to have leaked on Friday — only for the company to shut it down a mere two hours later. As [*Tom's Guide* reports](), a number of users on X-formerly-Twitter [discovered]() that a simple tweak to the URL allowed them to access the AI model. The model was first announced in September and has only been [available in "preview" form]() to paying users since then. But by changing the URL, users claimed to have found a workaround to get access to the full thing. In a statement to *Futurism*, an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed that "we were preparing limited external access to the OpenAI o1 model and ran into an issue." "This has now been fixed," the statement reads. ## Let 'Er Rip Glimpses users have gotten so far suggest that the full release could mark a serious improvement over anything we've seen from the company previously. Users were initially impressed by the purported model's capabilities, from [solving a complex math problem]() to an [image puzzle](). One user found that the AI model [could spit out a "full 01 Chain of Thought]()" after being asked to analyze a picture of a recent SpaceX launch. Another Reddit user [found]() that it "managed to process a massive JSON dump that wasn’t feasible with o1-preview due to its token limitations," referring to a common file format that coders used to store human-readable text. We still don't know when OpenAI will make the full version of its o1 model available to users. As *Tom's Guide* points out, the Sam Altman-led firm may be waiting out the current US presidential election this week. But even in its "preview form," the o1 model has already [impressed experts]() with its improved ability to solve standardized tests and new [chain-of-thought reasoning](). Despite some impressive benchmarks, though, OpenAI [recently found]() that its ability to provide correct — and not "hallucinated" — answers [still leaves plenty to be desired](). Whether that will change at all with the public release of the full version of the o1 model remains to be seen. *Updated with a statement from OpenAI.* **More on OpenAI:** *[OpenAI Research Finds That Even Its Best Models Give Wrong Answers a Wild Proportion of the Time]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()