They'd only do that if they were some kind of open ai company /s
lol :)
gpt-oss is pretty great tbh - one of the better all-around local models for knowledge and grounding.
Everyone keeps saying that but I’ve found it to be incredibly weak in the real world every single time I’ve reached for it. I think it’s benchmaxxed to an extent.
Why would someone want to spend half a million dollars on GPUs and components (if not more) to run one year old models that genuinely aren't useful? You can't self host trillion parameter models unless you own a datacenter lol (or want to just light money on fire).
Are the mini / omni models really trillion parameter models?
I don't think so, but you're still looking at a giant investment that can't really be justified for their capability.
For most AI users who are not engineers, their emotional value is more important than the programming ability of the model.Moreover, there is no substitute for 4o's text ability and creativity for the time being.In any market, the emotional market is very significant.