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As is common with AI model releases, OpenAI presented a slew of benchmark results that can often leave the public puzzled about their significance. For example, 04 Mini achieved an impressive 99.5% on the Aimeme 2025 mathematics competition when aided by a Python interpreter. In broader terms, OpenAI claims that 03 sets a new state-of-the-art in standard coding, science, and agentic tasks.
Kelsey Piper from Vox’s Future Perfect shared her findings that 04 Mini High succeeded in her personal benchmark test involving a complex chess scenario—a situation designed to expose the limitations of AI reasoning. Piper highlighted the importance of an AI's ability to question its assumptions, as a model that clings to flawed premises demonstrates fundamental limitations.