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High-signal field notes, architecture teardowns, and engineering writing from 50 publications. A focused reading queue for becoming a stronger end-to-end engineer. Updated 22 Aug.
SAIR: Accelerating Pharma R&D with AI-Powered Structural Intelligence
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Vijaye Raji to become CTO of Applications with acquisition of Statsig
Vijaye Raji will step into a new role as CTO of Applications, reporting to CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, following the acquisition of Statsig.
Building more helpful ChatGPT experiences for everyone
We’re partnering with experts, strengthening protections for teens with parental controls, and routing sensitive conversations to reasoning models in ChatGPT.
Make your ZeroGPU Spaces go brrr with ahead-of-time compilation
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Introducing gpt-realtime and Realtime API updates
We’re releasing a more advanced speech-to-speech model and new API capabilities including MCP server support, image input, and SIP phone calling support.
Supporting nonprofit and community innovation
OpenAI launches a $50M People-First AI Fund to help U.S. nonprofits scale impact with AI. Applications open Sept 8–Oct 8, 2025 for grants in education, healthcare, research, and more.
Collective alignment: public input on our Model Spec
OpenAI surveyed over 1,000 people worldwide on how AI should behave and compared their views to our Model Spec. Learn how collective alignment is shaping AI defaults to better reflect diverse human values and perspectives.
OpenAI and Anthropic share findings from a joint safety evaluation
OpenAI and Anthropic share findings from a first-of-its-kind joint safety evaluation, testing each other’s models for misalignment, instruction following, hallucinations, jailbreaking, and more—highlighting progress, challenges, and the value of cross-lab collaboration.
Helping people when they need it most
How we think about safety for users experiencing mental or emotional distress, the limits of today’s systems, and the work underway to refine them.
Announcing the OpenAI Learning Accelerator
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Accelerating life sciences research
Discover how a specialized AI model, GPT-4b micro, helped OpenAI and Retro Bio engineer more effective proteins for stem cell therapy and longevity research.
Blue J’s approach for scaling fast in complex, regulated domains
Blue J scaled to three countries and more than 3,000 firms thanks to focus, domain depth, and the right OpenAI model.
NVIDIA Releases 6 Million Multi-Lingual Reasoning Dataset
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Mixi reimagines communication with ChatGPT
Discover how MIXI, a leader in digital entertainment and lifestyle services in Japan, uses ChatGPT Enterprise to transform productivity, boost AI adoption across teams, and create a secure environment for innovation.
Generate Images with Claude and Hugging Face
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Q&A with DoorDash’s CPO, Mariana Garavaglia
Learn how DoorDash is scaling AI adoption to empower employees to build, learn, and innovate faster in a conversation with Chief People Officer Mariana Garavaglia.
From Zero to GPU: A Guide to Building and Scaling Production-Ready CUDA Kernels
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MCP for Research: How to Connect AI to Research Tools
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Kimina-Prover-RL
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Arm & ExecuTorch 0.7: Bringing Generative AI to the masses
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Neural Super Sampling is here!
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OpenAI’s letter to Governor Newsom on harmonized regulation
We’ve just sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom calling for California to lead the way in harmonizing state-based AI regulation with national—and, by virtue of US leadership, emerging global—standards.
Scaling accounting capacity with OpenAI
Built with OpenAI o3, o3-Pro, GPT-4.1, and GPT-5, Basis’ AI agents help accounting firms save up to 30% of their time and expand capacity for advisory and growth.
TextQuests: How Good are LLMs at Text-Based Video Games?
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🇵🇭 FilBench - Can LLMs Understand and Generate Filipino?
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