OpenAI
Organization referenced as the early developer of versions of ChatGPT; one of Hinton's students left OpenAI citing safety concerns.
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Videos Mentioning OpenAI

E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ
All-In Podcast
AI research and deployment company, along with Microsoft, cited as the biggest business winner for ChatGPT's impact and potential to disrupt Google's search model.

Eric Schmidt — The Promises and Perils of AI, the Future of Warfare, Profound Revolutions, and More
Tim Ferriss
A research group that built universal models like GPT-3, capable of generating human-like text based on vast web data.

E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
All-In Podcast
A company that builds artificial intelligence software and platforms, creators of GPT and ChatGPT.

E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump
All-In Podcast
OpenAI is mentioned as a potential disruptor to Google's search dominance through powerful AI models, though Google's self-funding capability is noted as a significant advantage.

Dueling Presidential interviews, SpaceX’s big catch, Robotaxis, Uber buying Expedia?, Nuclear NIMBY
All-In Podcast
Launched 'Strawberry', an AI model, prompting discussion about energy needs for AI.

E101: Ye acquires Parler, Snap drops 30%, macro outlook, VC metrics, valuing stocks & more
All-In Podcast
AI research company co-founded by Sam Altman, whose CEO opposed California's Prop 30.

E99: Cheating scandals, Twitter updates, rapid AI advancements, Biden's pardon, Section 230 & more
All-In Podcast
A leading AI research company that leverages GPUs to attack complex AI problems and develop advanced models.

Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #144
Lex Fridman
AI research company that applied TD-Gammon's self-play algorithms to more complex games.

Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
All-In Podcast
AI research and deployment company, partially invested by Mark Cuban through a fund, but criticized for its business practices and investor restrictions.

E96: Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, TPB SPAC, FedEx CEO's recession warning, macro picture & more
All-In Podcast
The company behind DALL-E, which provided access to its AI engine for the Dalí land exhibit.

John Danaher: The Path to Mastery in Jiu Jitsu, Grappling, Judo, and MMA | Lex Fridman Podcast #182
Lex Fridman
An AI research lab whose system trained 'sumo wrestlers' in simulation with basic goals through self-play.

Baidu's AI Lab Director on Advancing Speech Recognition and Simulation
Y Combinator
Mentioned in the context of language prediction models, with their work on Amazon reviews being compared to Baidu's approach to predicting upcoming speech context.

E88: First principle politics, China chaos & outlook, state of private/public markets & more
All-In Podcast
The organization behind DALL-E 2, led by Sam Altman, known for its advancements in AI.

IPFS, CoinList, and the Filecoin ICO with Juan Benet and Dalton Caldwell
Y Combinator
An artificial intelligence research laboratory, cited as an example of a research-focused organization that is not primarily product-driven.

What's next for AI?
Sabine Hossenfelder
A research and deployment company focused on ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. They released ChatGPT.

GPT 4.1: The New OpenAI Workhorse
Latent Space
The organization that developed and launched GPT-4.1 and its variants. They are discussed in relation to their model releases, developer focus, and internal R&D.

Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness | Lex Fridman Podcast #338
Lex Fridman
OpenAI is used as an example of an organization that has made significant progress in AI, but had to overcome substantial compute challenges due to current energy and GPU costs.

SF Compute: Commoditizing Compute
Latent Space
A major AI research company that is a significant customer for GPU compute and is discussed in relation to its potential to build its own chips.

Big Fed rate cuts, AI killing call centers, $50B govt boondoggle, VC's rough years, Trump/Kamala
All-In Podcast
Mentioned for releasing its audio API, enabling AI to use voice, and for its new reasoning engine (o1 preview).

Yann LeCun: Deep Learning, ConvNets, and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #36
Lex Fridman
Company focused on AI research, contextually relevant to discussions about AGI and AI capabilities.

Sam Altman : How to Build the Future
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a significant project that came about through helping many people and identifying impressive individuals who get things done.

Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages | Lex Fridman Podcast #131
Lex Fridman
An AI research and deployment company that developed GPT-2 and GPT-3, noted for its considerations regarding the social impact and potential misuse of powerful AI models.

Kevin Scott: Microsoft CTO | Lex Fridman Podcast #30
Lex Fridman
The discussion took place before Microsoft's investment announcement in OpenAI.

Peter Thiel: The Coming Collapse No One Is Prepared For
All-In Podcast
A leading AI research lab, discussed in the context of its non-profit to for-profit conversion and management.