OpenAI Podcast

The old tests are getting too easy. Tejal Patwardhan leads OpenAI’s frontier evals team, which is finding new ways to measure and forecast progress as models become more capable. She and host Andrew Mayne discuss why evals matter for research, how benchmarks can break or get gamed, and what models need to be judged on next.Chapters00:00:24 Growing up at OpenAI00:03:10 Why reasoning changed everything00:06:28 What made o1 surprising00:11:20 Why old benchmarks stopped working00:14:45 What makes a good benchmark00:17:35 Why evals are getting harder00:22:09 Measuring voice and vision models00:24:48 Testing models on real science00:33:23 How OpenAI tracks frontier progress00:40:47 What AI means for work Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI is beginning to change how science gets done. Head of OpenAI for Science Kevin Weil and OpenAI research scientist Alex Lupsasca talk about the early signs of acceleration researchers are seeing with GPT-5—from surfacing literature across fields and languages, to speeding up complex calculations, to designing follow-up experiments. They unpack what’s possible today, what doesn’t work yet, and why the next few years could reshape the trajectory of scientific progress across physics, math, biology and beyond.Chapters- 00:00:40 — OpenAI for Science mission- 00:06:00 — Literature search and intersections across fields- 00:11:19 — A fusion physicist shows what GPT-5 can do- 00:15:08 — GPT-5 Pro and black hole symmetries- 00:19:02 — Getting the most out of the models- 00:24:33 — OpenAI’s new research paper (https://openai.com/index/accelerating-science-gpt-5/)- 00:29:59 — Looking ahead to the next 5 years- 00:32:05 — Will predictions outpace experiments?- 00:36:43 — The pace of model improvement- 00:40:31 — What do scientific benchmarks look like?- 00:44:16 — Fusion and the promise of abundant energy- 00:48:07 — Closing: Science 2.0 moment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How will the internet feel when your browser can actually help do things for you? OpenAI’s Ben Goodger and Darin Fisher, whose past work shaped some of the most popular modern browsers, dive into the making of ChatGPT Atlas. They explore how AI changes what a browser can be, from tabs you can talk to, to agents that take over tedious tasks. Learn more about the decisions they made along the way and what’s coming next.- 00:00:45 What is Atlas?- 00:03:34 The state of browsers and AI on the web- 00:13:55 Under the hood: why browsers are hard (OWL, rendering)- 00:22:00 Building with AI: Codex, cross-language, Swift on Windows- 00:33:39 Search in Atlas: one box plus model response- 00:41:28 Favorite features: scrolling tabs and tab search- 00:45:23 Side Chat in action: summarize, shop, build forms- 00:46:59 Real-world wins with Agent (cloud bill, medical results)- 00:52:45 Why Chromium? Compatibility and extensions- 01:07:57 Five-year vision: an agentic web and reduced toil- 01:13:11 Power tips and closing remarksLearn more about OWLhttps://openai.com/index/building-chatgpt-atlas/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Altman and Greg Brockman from OpenAI sit down with Broadcom’s Hock Tan and Charlie Kawwas to discuss their new partnership—and what it means for the future of AI. From custom silicon to global-scale infrastructure, they share how compute innovation is shaping the road to AGI. 00:00 Announcing the partnership03:06 The scale of AI infrastructure06:03 Collaboration and innovation in chip design08:49 Historical context and future vision12:10 Role of compute in AI development15:01 Optimizing for specific workloads18:02 Journey towards AGI21:00 Future of AI and compute capacity23:50 Wrap-up and future projects Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The OpenAI Podcast is live for the first time. Host Andrew Mayne sits down with startups Cursor, Abridge, SchoolAI, and Jam.dev—each reimagining how AI can transform their industries. From healthcare and education to coding and collaboration, we explore how these builders are putting AI to work in the real world.00:23 Caleb Hicks (SchoolAI)14:14 Dani Grant (Jam.dev)26:20 Zach Lipton (Abridge)44:38 Lee Robinson (Cursor) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How close are we to automating scientific discovery? What do AI competition wins really tell us about progress toward AGI? OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki and researcher Szymon Sidor share inside stories—from gold medals at the International Math Olympiad to surprising leaps in reasoning—that reveal where AI is headed next.1:20 – From high school in Poland to AI research leaders4:50 – Explaining AGI: technical and everyday perspectives6:30 – Automating scientific discovery with AI7:50 – Breakthroughs in medicine, AI safety, and alignment10:30 – Today is a decade in the making14:30 – Benchmark saturation and its limits16:50 – Why math competitions matter for AI18:15 – How models reason without tools21:45 – Recognizing when a model can’t solve a problem23:30 – Storytime: AtCoder competition in Japan26:50 – How reasoning breakthroughs really happen28:55 – What’s next for scaling and long-horizon reasoning30:30 – What AGI will look and feel like36:25 – Balancing trust and personal value34:00 – Advice to high school students in 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The future of work is arriving faster than expected. In this episode, OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap and Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji join Andrew Mayne to discuss the impacts of AI on software, science, small business, education, and jobs.00:00 Intro01:00 Brad Lightcap on OpenAI’s deployment mission02:00 Birth of ChatGPT: from playground to product06:15 AI’s impact on work & productivity08:55 Supercharging science with AI09:55 Small teams with big leverage13:10 What sectors are next?17:05 Defining AI agents20:30 Small business growth with AI agents22:08 AI in emerging markets & agriculture25:53 Return of the “Idea Guy”28:20 Why EQ and soft skills matter31:35 Education for the AI era36:11 Partnering with Cal State & educators39:14 From bans to buy-in in schools42:00 Ronnie’s research: sectors, geography, communication45:46 What should we tell our kids?48:14 What history teaches us about disruption52:04 Expanding participation in the economy55:35 AI increases demand59:19 Why OpenAI will grow after AGI1:02:05 Favorite ChatGPT use cases Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the first episode of the OpenAI Podcast, Sam Altman joins host Andrew Mayne to talk about the future of AI: from GPT-5 and AGI to Project Stargate, new research workflows, and AI-powered parenting.00:00Welcome to the OpenAI Podcast01:00ChatGPT & parenthood04:10AGI, superintelligence & scientific progress07:10Operator, Deep Research & productivity10:30GPT-5 & how we name models13:40User privacy & NYT lawsuit16:15Will ChatGPT ever show ads?20:30Social media & user behavior23:25Project Stargate & why compute matters31:30Future progress & potential new AI devices38:45Final thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.