OpenAI plans to release a new open language model sometime in the next few months, which would be its first open language model since GPT-2.

The Microsoft-backed startup set up a digital feedback form on Monday, which will allow select developers an early chance to tinker with the model before its full release.

"We're excited to collaborate with developers, researchers, and the broader community to gather inputs and make this model as useful as possible," OpenAI said.

OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman posted more information about the upcoming model on X.

"We've been thinking about this for a long time, but other priorities took precedence," Altman said. "Now it feels important to do. Before release, we will evaluate this model according to our preparedness framework, like we would for any other model. And we will do extra work given that we know this model will be modified post-release."

The company plans to hold developer events in the weeks ahead. The first will be in San Francisco, followed by sessions in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

"We’re excited to see what developers build and how large companies and governments use it where they prefer to run a model themselves," Altman added.

Last week, OpenAI launched native image generation for ChatGPT 4o and Sora. The popularity of the image generation feature has prompted a swelling of new users. 

"The ChatGPT launch 26 months ago was one of the craziest viral moments I'd ever seen, and we added one million users in five days," Altman posted on X today. "We added one million users in the last hour."

After launching last week, OpenAI had to implement short-term rate limits on the native image generator, as its processors were having trouble handling the user volume.

Meta Platforms' (META) Llama and Deepseek-V3 (DEEPSEEK) are examples of open-source artificial intelligence models. Open-source models offer more transparency and flexibility for developers. They are also generally cheaper to use.