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OpenAI's recent teaser of its new model, O3, has baffled many. The decision to skip O2 entirely and name it O3 was made out of respect for British telecommunications company O2. This is indicative of a broader trend within the AI community of quirky or less-than-intuitive naming conventions. Moreover, the performance benchmarks of O3 have surpassed expectations. Among its versions, O3 High Compute achieved an 85% score on the high-profile Arc AGI test, demonstrating that AI continues to not only scale but also improve in speed, affordability, and capability.