OpenAI has launched a new artificial intelligence model that requires no internet connection or massive data centres to operate.

The ChatGPT creator said the latest gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b models will instead run locally on consumer devices like laptops or smartphones.

Using fewer compute resources means the new models have a far lower environmental impact than conventional cloud-based models, however one of their limitations is that they provide text-only answers.

OpenAI boss Sam Altman described gpt-oss as a “big deal” that is the result of billions of dollars of research.

“We believe this is the best and most usable open model in the world,” he wrote on X. “We’re excited to make this model... available to the world to get AI into the hands of the most people possible.

“We

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