Hosted by Andrew Mayne,&nbsp;<em>The OpenAI Podcast</em>&nbsp;features conversations with the people building with and working at OpenAI. Topics range from how new features are developed to what users are doing with the technology. It’s a practical look at how AI is made and where it’s going, told by the people closest to the work.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

&lt;p&gt;Why was OpenAI surprised by ChatGPT’s success? What does it really mean to “reason” in an AI system? And what’s next for agentic coding and multimodal assistants? OpenAI Head of ChatGPT Nick Turley and Chief Research Officer Mark Chen unpack it all in a conversation that pulls back the curtain on the making of OpenAI’s most iconic product.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:00&amp;nbsp;– Intro: Meet Nick Turley and Mark Chen&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:40&amp;nbsp;– Origin of the name &quot;ChatGPT&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;03:50&amp;nbsp;– ChatGPT’s viral takeoff&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;07:00&amp;nbsp;– Internal debate before launch&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;9:40&amp;nbsp;– Evolution of OpenAI’s launch approach&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;11:00&amp;nbsp;– The sycophancy incident and RLHF&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;14:45&amp;nbsp;– Balancing usefulness vs. neutrality in model behavior&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;20:00&amp;nbsp;– Memory and the future of personalization&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;22:50&amp;nbsp;– ImageGen’s breakthrough moment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;29:00– Cultural shifts in safety and the freedom to explore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;33:10&amp;nbsp;– Code, Codex, and the rise of agentic programming&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;37:45&amp;nbsp;- Coding with taste&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;41:45&amp;nbsp;– Internal adoption of Codex&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;43:40&amp;nbsp;– Skills that matter: curiosity, agency, adaptability&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;46:45&amp;nbsp;– OpenAI’s “Do Things” culture&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;51:30&amp;nbsp;– Adapting to an AI future&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;55:15&amp;nbsp;– The opportunities ahead: healthcare, research&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:01:00&amp;nbsp;– Async workflows and the superassistant&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:05:40&amp;nbsp;– Favorite ChatGPT tips&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style=&#039;color:grey; font-size:0.75em;&#039;&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style=&#039;color:grey;&#039; target=&#039;_blank&#039; rel=&#039;noopener noreferrer&#039; href=&#039;https://acast.com/privacy&#039;&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;

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