April 14, 2025

OpenAI GPT-4.1 released

OpenAIAn AI research company — created GPT, ChatGPT, DALL-E, and the o-series reasoning models. released GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4.1 on April 14, 2025 — improved coding, instruction following, and a 1M-token context window in the APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service..

What it was for

OpenAIGPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4.1 and GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4.1 mini targeted developers with better long-context coding and lower latency than GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4o. The release continued OpenAIAn AI research company — created GPT, ChatGPT, DALL-E, and the o-series reasoning models.'s cadence of incremental APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service. models between flagship consumer launches.

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Why it's here

GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer — OpenAI's family of large language models from GPT-1 through GPT-5.-4.1 pushed long-context coding further in the developer APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service. tier.

Why it mattered

Million-token APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service. models reduced chunking for codebase-aware tools.

What it solved

Developers needed stronger coding models with larger context at APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service. scale.

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