OpenAI is working on a new inference technology code-named Strawberry

According to internal OpenAI documents reviewed by Reuters and people familiar with the matter, OpenAI is developing a new artificial intelligence (AI) model code-named Strawberry.

OpenAI is the developer of the AI ChatGPT.

The internal OpenAI team is working on Project Strawberry, according to a copy of an internal OpenAI document seen by Reuters in May, which details how OpenAI plans to use Strawberry for its research efforts.

Details of Strawberry have not been previously reported, but the Microsoft-backed startup is trying to get a head start on proving that the type of AI model it offers can deliver advanced reasoning.

Sources say it is a work in progress. Reuters could not determine the exact date of the documents or when Project Strawberry would be publicly released.

Even inside OpenAI, the person said, Strawberry's workings are closely guarded secrets.

The document describes a project using the Strawberry model that aims to enable OpenAI's AI not only to generate query answers, but also to plan ahead and navigate the Internet autonomously and reliably to do what OpenAI calls "deep research." More than a dozen AI researchers interviewed believe that this is a problem that AI models have not yet solved.