OpenAI rolls out new model built for speed, coding
OpenAI rolls out new model built for speed, coding
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Publish Date: 2026-02-14 11:00:00
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OpenAI is releasing its first artificial intelligence (AI) model that runs on chips from semiconductor startup Cerebras Systems Inc, part of a push by the ChatGPT maker to broaden the pool of chipmakers it works with beyond Nvidia Corp. The model, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, is intended to be a less powerful but quicker version of its most recent Codex software for automating coding. The Spark model, slated to be released on Thursday, lets software engineers quickly complete tasks such as editing specific chunks of code and running tests. Users can easily interrupt it or order the model to complete something else coding-related without having to wait for it to finish a lengthy computing process.
Last month, OpenAI signed a deal worth more than US$10 billion for hardware from Cerebras to get quicker responses from its AI models. For Cerebras, the partnership offers a significant boost in its bid to compete in a market long dominated by Nvidia.
For OpenAI, the deal was the latest move to work with more suppliers to meet its growing computing needs. OpenAI struck a blockbuster agreement in October last year with Nvidia rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc to buy 6 gigawatts’ worth of AMD graphics processing units over multiple years.
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Later that month, OpenAI agreed to buy custom chips and networking components from Broadcom Inc. More recently, OpenAI’s relationship with Nvidia has come under scrutiny amid reports of tensions between the two firms. The chief executives of both companies have since publicly said they remain committed to working together.
In a statement on Thursday last week, an OpenAI spokesperson said the company’s partnership with Nvidia is “foundational” and that OpenAI’s most powerful AI models are the result of “multi-year…
