Three new Aurora model names pop up in OpenAI's API

Lisan al Gaib shared the identifiers on October 18th, but provided no API response or evidence that developers can call them.

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The names may point to new OpenAI model variants, but the post does not establish that they are callable. Treating an unverified identifier as a released API model can lead developers to build against access and behavior that have not been documented.

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Three identifiers, 'aurora-blue-alpha', 'aurora-green-alpha' and 'aurora-red-alpha', appeared in OpenAI's API, according to Lisan al Gaib (@scaling01)'s October 18th post on X. The post included no API response, model metadata or successful request demonstrating that the names work for developers. OpenAI has not announced the identifiers.…

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