Tue 04 February, 2025 - OpenAI responds

Plus, five AI tools you may have missed

WELCOME

Happy Tuesday, legends. Welcome back to another edition of The Frontier — our weekly newsletter covering the best new AI launches on Product Hunt. This week, we’ve got:, ChatGPT’s new agent for research, a brand new model, and of course, five tools you may have missed.

TOP LAUNCHES

Idea to app in seconds

TOP LAUNCHES

Co dev is an AI-powered platform lets you create scalable, modern full-stack apps using natural language, all while keeping full ownership of your code.

Scam AI is an API-first solution combining NLP/visual/audio authentication that helps detect synthetic media and malicious intent patterns.

ChatGPT Deep Research is an agent optimized for web browsing and python analysis, it uses reasoning to intelligently and extensively browse text, images, and PDFs across the internet.

o3-mini is the newest, most cost-efficient reasoning model from OpenAI. It excels at STEM—science, math, & coding. Features include function calling & structured outputs.

Chatbase is a complete platform for building & deploying AI Agents for your business to handle customer support and drive sales.

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THE BIG IDEA

OpenAI hits back

OpenAI just dropped o3-mini and Deep Research, and while they sound like small updates, they hint at something bigger.

o3-mini is a new lightweight reasoning model that’s surprisingly strong in coding, logic, and problem-solving. It’s faster, cheaper to run, and already replacing older models in ChatGPT. It also comes with an upgraded version, o3-mini-high, which performs even better in coding tasks—though OpenAI hasn’t shared many details on what makes it different under the hood.

Deep Research is more ambitious: an AI that automates multi-step research, pulling from web pages, PDFs, and images to generate structured reports in minutes. The idea is to cut out the grunt work of sifting through sources and let AI handle the heavy lifting. But OpenAI admits it struggles with credibility, meaning the tool might confidently present misleading or incomplete information.

The timing is interesting. Open-source models like DeepSeek’s R1 are proving you don’t need a billion-dollar budget to build competitive AI. With costs dropping and alternatives popping up, OpenAI’s advantage isn’t just about having the smartest model anymore—it’s about proving they can still lead in reliability and real-world usefulness.

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