Comment by simonw
1 year ago
o3-mini doesn't have access to a Python tool. I've seen this kind of thing in the "reasoning" chains from other models too - they'll often say things like "I should search for X" despite not having a search tool. It's just a weird aspect of how the reasoning tokens get used.
Some of the paid models do have access to an interpreter, ever since the "Code Interpreter" feature was announced some time ago. Seems like it's already been a year or two.
It doesn't always use the tool, but it can: https://chatgpt.com/share/67bcb3cb-1024-800b-8b7e-31335c6347...
Asking a model a question like "Which ChatGPT models have access to a Python interpreter?" is rarely a good idea, because they're limited to the knowledge that was available when the model itself was trained.
In that case you're using GPT-4o which we know has access to Code Interpreter. The annoying thing here is that o3-mini still doesn't.