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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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Our vision for the future of AGI

Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity.

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We are building safe and beneficial AGI, but will also consider our mission fulfilled if our work aids others to achieve this outcome.

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Our research

We research generative models and how to align them with human values.

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Sora
Video generation models as world simulators
Research
Jan 31, 2024
Building an early warning system for LLM-aided biological threat creation
Safety & Alignment
Dec 14, 2023
Weak-to-strong generalization
Weak To Strong Generalization
Safety & Alignment
Dec 14, 2023
Practices for Governing Agentic AI Systems
Practices For Governing Agentic AI Systems
Safety & Alignment
Jan 11, 2023
Forecasting potential misuses of language models for disinformation campaigns and how to reduce risk
Forecasting Misuse
Research
Dec 16, 2022
Point-E: A system for generating 3D point clouds from complex prompts
Point E A System For Generating 3d Point Clouds From Complex Prompts
Research
Sep 21, 2022
Introducing Whisper
Whisper

Our products

Our API platform offers our latest models and guides for safety best practices.

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Product
Dec 15, 2022
New and improved embedding model
new-and-improved-embedding-model
Product
Nov 30, 2022
Introducing ChatGPT
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Product
Sep 28, 2022
DALL·E now available without waitlist
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Product
Aug 10, 2022
New and improved content moderation tooling
New And Improved Content Moderation Tooling

Careers at OpenAI

Developing safe and beneficial AI requires people from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.

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Our structure

We are governed by a nonprofit and our unique capped-profit model drives our commitment to safety. This means that as AI becomes more powerful, we can redistribute profits from our work to maximize the social and economic benefits of AI technology.

Read about OpenAI LPRead about our structure
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Join us in shaping the future of technology

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