AI researchers develop 'reasoning' model for under $50

Researchers created an AI reasoning model on par with OpenAI's o1 for less than $50
Researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington have developed a model that performs comparably to OpenAI o1 and DeepSeek R1 models in math and coding — for less than $50 of cloud compute credits.
Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50
AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI "reasoning" model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, according
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Academic researchers find a way to train an AI reasoning model for less than $50
A small team of AI researchers from Stanford University and the University of Washington has found a way to train an AI reasoning model for a fraction of the price paid by big corporations that produce widely known products such as ChatGPT.
US researchers develop AI reasoning model for mere $50, challenges OpenAI, DeepSeek
A team of researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington have developed an AI reasoning model, s1, for less than $50. This is a massive achievement, given the notion that significant financial resources are essential for developing AI reasoning models.
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