OpenAI intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT-2 in the coming months, according to a feedback form published on the company’s website. Kyle Wiggers reports that OpenAI is inviting developers, researchers, and community members to provide input on what they’d like to see in this new model. The company plans to host developer events starting in San Francisco, followed by sessions in Europe and Asia-Pacific regions. CEO Sam Altman confirmed on X that the upcoming model will have “reasoning” capabilities similar to OpenAI’s o3-mini and will undergo evaluation according to the company’s preparedness framework before release. This move comes as OpenAI faces increasing competition from rivals like DeepSeek and Meta, whose open-source Llama models have reportedly reached over one billion downloads. Altman recently acknowledged that OpenAI needs to “figure out a different open source strategy.”