S1: THE $6 R1 COMPETITOR?

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s1 is a recently released model that is making waves in the AI community because it shows how close the industry is to making some very large breakthroughs in AI. The paper released with the model sheds light on how reasoning models work. In s1, when the model tries to stop thinking, is it forced to keep going - this makes it begin to second guess and double check its answer. s1 cost only $6 to train as its creators used a small model and hardly any data. Innovations like s1 that dramatically lower costs allow researchers to learn and understand models faster, which directly translates to a faster pace of AI development.