Merge pull request #281105 from MicrosoftDocs/release-2024-openai-july

[Azure OpenAI] [Release Branch Tracking Branch]

Author: Albertyang0

articles/ai-services/openai/concepts/models.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Azure OpenAI
 description: Learn about the different model capabilities that are available with Azure OpenAI.
 ms.service: azure-ai-openai
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 07/08/2024
+ms.date: 07/18/2024
 ms.custom: references_regions, build-2023, build-2023-dataai, refefences_regions
 manager: nitinme
 author: mrbullwinkle #ChrisHMSFT
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Azure OpenAI Service is powered by a diverse set of models with different capabi
 
 | Models | Description |
 |--|--|
-| [GPT-4o & GPT-4 Turbo **NEW**](#gpt-4o-and-gpt-4-turbo) | The latest most capable Azure OpenAI models with multimodal versions, which can accept both text and images as input. |
+| [GPT-4o & GPT-4 Turbo](#gpt-4o-and-gpt-4-turbo) | The latest most capable Azure OpenAI models with multimodal versions, which can accept both text and images as input. |
 | [GPT-4](#gpt-4) | A set of models that improve on GPT-3.5 and can understand and generate natural language and code. |
 | [GPT-3.5](#gpt-35) | A set of models that improve on GPT-3 and can understand and generate natural language and code. |
 | [Embeddings](#embeddings-models) | A set of models that can convert text into numerical vector form to facilitate text similarity. |
@@ -28,7 +28,21 @@ Azure OpenAI Service is powered by a diverse set of models with different capabi
 
 ## GPT-4o and GPT-4 Turbo
 
-GPT-4o is the latest model from OpenAI. GPT-4o integrates text and images in a single model, enabling it to handle multiple data types simultaneously. This multimodal approach enhances accuracy and responsiveness in human-computer interactions. GPT-4o matches GPT-4 Turbo in English text and coding tasks while offering superior performance in non-English languages and vision tasks, setting new benchmarks for AI capabilities.
+GPT-4o integrates text and images in a single model, enabling it to handle multiple data types simultaneously. This multimodal approach enhances accuracy and responsiveness in human-computer interactions. GPT-4o matches GPT-4 Turbo in English text and coding tasks while offering superior performance in non-English languages and vision tasks, setting new benchmarks for AI capabilities.
+
+### Early access playground
+
+Existing Azure OpenAI customers can test out the **NEW GPT-4o mini** model in the **Azure OpenAI Studio Early Access Playground (Preview)**.  
+
+To test the latest model:
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> The GPT-4o mini early access playground is currently only available for resources in **West US3** and **East US**, and is limited to 10 requests every five minutes per subscription. Azure OpenAI content filters are enabled at the default configuration and cannot be modified. GPT-4o mini is a preview model and is currently not available for deployment/direct API access.
+
+1. Navigate to Azure OpenAI Studio at https://oai.azure.com/ and sign-in with credentials that have access to your OpenAI resources.
+2. Select an Azure OpenAI resource in the **West US3** or **East US** regions. If you don't have a resource in one of these regions you will need to [create a resource](../how-to/create-resource.md).
+3. From the main [Azure OpenAI Studio](https://oai.azure.com/) page select the **Early Access Playground (Preview)** button from under the **Get started** section. (This button will only be visible when a resource in **West US3** or **East US** is selected.)
+4. Now you can start asking the model questions just as you would before in the existing [chat playground](../chatgpt-quickstart.md).
 
 ### How do I access the GPT-4o model?
 

articles/ai-services/openai/whats-new.md

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   - ignite-2023
   - references_regions
 ms.topic: whats-new
-ms.date: 07/09/2024
+ms.date: 07/18/2024
 recommendations: false
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@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ This article provides a summary of the latest releases and major documentation u
 
 ## July 2024
 
+### GPT-4o mini preview model available for early access
+
+GPT-4o mini is the latest model from OpenAI [launched on July 18, 2024](https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-mini-advancing-cost-efficient-intelligence/).
+
+From OpenAI:
+
+*"GPT-4o mini surpasses GPT-3.5 Turbo and other small models on academic benchmarks across both textual intelligence and multimodal reasoning, and supports the same range of languages as GPT-4o. It also demonstrates strong performance in function calling, which can enable developers to build applications that fetch data or take actions with external systems, and improved long-context performance compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo."*
+
+To start testing out the model today in Azure OpenAI, see the [**Azure OpenAI Studio early access playground**](./concepts/models.md#early-access-playground).
+
 ### New Responsible AI default content filtering policy 
 
 The new default content filtering policy `DefaultV2` delivers the latest safety and security mitigations for the GPT model series (text), including: