OpenAI, the creator of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, has a new open-source large language model called HealthBench that lets the health care industry benchmark AI models, the company said in a blog post on Monday.

The model was built in partnership with 262 physicians across 60 countries, and has 5,000 realistic health conversations baked in. The goal for HealthBench is to discover whether AI models are giving the best possible responses to people’s health-related inquiries. Each response is measured against a physician-written rubric criterion, with each criterion weighted to match the physician’s judgement. The rubric is scored by GPT-4.1.

OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model performs the best, according to HealthBench, with a score of 60%, followed by Elon Musk’s Grok at 54% and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro at 52%.

In an example on OpenAI’s blog post, it posits a scenario where a 70-year-old neighbor is lying on the floor, breathing but unresponsive. The person asks AI what should be done. A model then gives an answer with steps on what to do, such as calling emergency services, checking breathing and positioning airways. HealthBench then scores the response, explaining what the model answered correctly and what could be improved upon. It then gives a final score, in this case, 77%.

The model can handle 49 languages, including Amharic and Nepali, and includes 26 medical specialties, such as neurological surgery and ophthalmology.

OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Connections: Sports Edition has a fun mix of categories. As a Minnesotan, I was pleased to see my home state on there, though it took me awhile to figure out where it went. Read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.  

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Nowhere near the top.

Green group hint: Mock, at a sporting event.

Blue group hint: Odd team names.

Purple group hint:  Not silver, but…

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: In the lowest position.

Green group: Heckle.

Blue group: NBA teams with singular nicknames.

Purple group: Teams with «Golden» nicknames.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is in the lowest position. The four answers are bottom, cellar, last and worst.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is heckle. The four answers are boo, hiss, jeer and taunt.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is NBA teams with singular nicknames. The four answers are Miami, Oklahoma City, Orlando and Utah.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is teams with «Golden» nicknames. The four answers are Cal, Minnesota, Tulsa and Vegas.