Mysterious Aurora Models Appear and Vanish in OpenAI API List
On October 18, developers spotted three unfamiliar model names—aurora-red-alpha, aurora-green-alpha, and aurora-blue-alpha—in a third-party mirror of OpenAI's API model list. The entries quickly disappeared, and attempts to call them returned HTTP 503 errors citing no available capacity. OpenAI has not officially commented, and speculation ranges from unreleased GPT-6 Astra checkpoints to image models.
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OpenAI 又有神秘模型被扒出来了。 10 月 18 日，有开发者发现，OpenAI 的 API 模型列表中突然出现了三个陌生名字： aurora-red-alpha、aurora-green-alpha、aurora-blue-alpha。三个模型都以 Aurora（极光）命名，分别对应红、绿、蓝三种颜色。 来源：https://x.com/Super_Nius/status/2111731903934169130 但是啊，OpenAI 撤的那叫一个快，据网友反馈，相关条目很快便从模型列表中消失。 有开发者通过第三方模型列表追踪工具，尝试调用这三个模型，结果无一例外，全部返回 HTTP 503 错误，并提示： “No available capacity was found for the model”（未找到该模型的可用计算资源）。 这说明，三个模型的标识符可能已经出现在相关系统中，但目前尚无法正常调用。 来源：https://x.com/sughanthans1/status/2111678870042669316 值得注意的是，此次发现来自第三方维护的 OpenAI 模型列表镜像，并非官方公告。因此，这些模型究竟是什么、是否会正式发布，目前都还是未知数。 有网友推测，这些模型极有可能是 GPT-6 Astra 后续版本的内部检查点，专门对标 Fable 5.5 的强项，创意编码、长程 agent、视觉 / 3D。 也有网友推测：三个模型对应 OpenAI 三个图像模型。 甚至有网友声称自己已经在 Image Arena 图像生成测试平台上，体验到了这些神秘模型。 评论区的网友也没闲着，纷纷开启调侃模式。 有网友吐槽，这三个模型出现得太突然，消失得也太快，手速慢一点，连截图都赶不上，红绿蓝三件套，撤得比翻书还快。 还有网友笑称：「坏了，三个模型，够 Tibo 水三天了。」 更有网友表示，OpenAI 每次发布大版本之前，总会有神秘模型提前出现在接口里，类似的「意外泄露」都快成保留节目了。 不过，调侃归调侃，这三个 Aurora 模型究竟是什么，目前还没有定论。 截至目前，OpenAI 尚未作出官方回应。它们是新一代模型的早期测试版本，还是内部实验留下的踪迹？恐怕还得等更多线索出现。
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