Models
Reasoning model
An AI that pauses to think through a problem step by step before answering.
A reasoning model is a newer kind of AI that takes extra time to work through hard problems instead of blurting out the first thing that comes to mind. It privately lays out steps, checks its own logic, and reconsiders before giving you a final answer. This makes it noticeably better at math, puzzles, and careful analysis, though it can be slower and cost more.
For example
Ask a reasoning model a tricky logic puzzle and it will quietly reason through the possibilities before replying.
Related
Mixture of expertsA big model split into specialists, only a few of which handle each question.Open weights vs closedWhether a model's inner settings are shared publicly or kept private.DistillationTraining a small, cheap model to imitate a big, expensive one.QuantizationRounding a model's numbers to make it smaller and faster.