Another day, another AI model?

But wait, this one can do the strawberry test 👀. Also check out PHP's revival, junior devs' value, font optimizations, and rethinking error handling. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [SitePoint logo](~/AAAHUQA~/RgRoysNBP0UgYjZmNzA4ZjdhNWYyMzQ0NTQ0YWQ1ZjkzY2RjMDNkMzNEFGh0dHBzOi8vc2l0ZXBvbnQuY29tVwVzcGNldUIKZs9BPuhmRiEDolIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTFAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAGQd) September 16th, 2024 | [Read Online](~/AAAHUQA~/RgRoysNBP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly9iZXJyaW1hLmVvY2FtcGFpZ24xLmNvbS93ZWItdmVyc2lvbj9lcD0yJmxjPTg3MDdlZTg2LTUyZjAtMTFlZS1hZjUyLTRiNTM4MmJhM2I5NCZwPWJkY2U0YzE2LTZjNjMtMTFlZi1iYTk0LTZmZTAwM2FkOWQzZiZwdD1jYW1wYWlnbiZ0PTE3MjY0OTYzMjEmcz03Zjg4MjVhMzg0MjBkNTMwYzNkZTA2MGIwMGRhYjVhYTk4ZWE5NmE0NGYxNjIxYWE1M2Q4MGExYjQ3NTcwOTZiVwVzcGNldUIKZs9BPuhmRiEDolIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTFAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAGQd) SitePoint Source Welcome, Developers! 👋 Dubbed as one of the first models with reasoning capabilities, GPTo1-preview is finally here, and it even passes the famed strawberry test (i.e., counting the letters 'r'). More on the model below, but it aims to stick to your instructions with fewer hallucinations. We also explore PHP's comeback with Laravel, font performance optimizations, the crucial role of junior devs, and a take on error handling. Let's get started! From our Sponsor: monday dev ~/AAAHUQA~/RgRoysNBP0UgNGJhZjYzYTU5OWNmMzIzYTYxMzA3OWRhNjMyNWIwODFEgmh0dHBzOi8vc3J2LmJ1eXNlbGxhZHMuY29tL2Fkcy9sb25nL3gvVDY2RzdJSUNUVFRUVFRUUktaRENLVFRUVFRUNk9RQzZLWVRUVFRUVFBUWEtBN0VUVFRUVFQyTFZDSkNDS1JKWTUzVjZFTlBFMks3NllBTEVaSFk2QzJESlZKQ1RXBXNwY2V1Qgpmz0E-6GZGIQOiUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAZB0~ 🚀 Get products over the finish line (much) faster Taking a product over the finish line sometimes feels like pulling teeth—ouch! monday dev empowers teams to move from ideation to product delivery faster and on a single platform. [Try it out for free!](~/AAAHUQA~/RgRoysNBP0UgNGJhZjYzYTU5OWNmMzIzYTYxMzA3OWRhNjMyNWIwODFEgmh0dHBzOi8vc3J2LmJ1eXNlbGxhZHMuY29tL2Fkcy9sb25nL3gvVDY2RzdJSUNUVFRUVFRUUktaRENLVFRUVFRUNk9RQzZLWVRUVFRUVFBUWEtBN0VUVFRUVFQyTFZDSkNDS1JKWTUzVjZFTlBFMks3NllBTEVaSFk2QzJESlZKQ1RXBXNwY2V1Qgpmz0E-6GZGIQOiUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAZB0~) [💡 Introducing OpenAI o1-preview](~/AAAHUQA~/RgRoysNBP0UgMzBlN2E4OTJiZGUzMWQ3NjA5ZDJmYjhmMDkwNDFlYjREN2h0dHBzOi8vb3BlbmFpLmNvbS9pbmRleC9pbnRyb2R1Y2luZy1vcGVuYWktbzEtcHJldmlldy9XBXNwY2V1Qgpmz0E-6GZGIQOiUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAZB0~) Originally named project strawberry, I've found GPTo1-preview to be quite impressive in multi-step prompts where GPT-4o and even Sonnet 3.5 seem to hallucinate. Compared to other models, it uses an internal chain of thought before responding to you which helps it stick to the task but does make the process longer. 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