Who Is Prafulla Dhariwal, The MIT Graduate From Pune Credited By Altman For Creation Of GPT-4o?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that the company's newest product, GPT-4o, would not have happened without the vision, talent, conviction, and determination of an Indian-origin individual. Altman showered praises on Prafulla Dhariwal, from Pune, for his role in developing OpenAI's latest flagship. "GPT-4o would not have happened without the vision, talent, conviction, and determination of @prafdhar over a long period of time. That (along with the work of many others) led to what I hope will turn out to be a revolution in how we use computers,¡± Altman wrote in a social media post.

GPT-4o would not have happened without the vision, talent, conviction, and determination of @prafdhar over a long period of time. that (along with the work of many others) led to what i hope will turn out to be a revolution in how we use computers. https://t.co/f3TdQT03b0

¡ª Sam Altman (@sama) May 15, 2024

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What is Prafulla Dhariwal's role in GPT-4o

Dhariwal leads the Omni team at OpenAI, and GPT-4o marks their first foray into natively multimodal models. Originally from Pune, Dhariwal joined OpenAI in 2016 as a Research Intern and is currently a research scientist at the company working on generative models and unsupervised learning.

Prafulla Dhariwal

Who is Prafulla Dhariwal

Dhariwal's stellar work at OpenAI is backed by an equally impressive academic track record. In 2009, he won the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Government of India. He also won a gold medal at the International Astronomy Olympiad held in China the same year. In 2012 and 2013, he won gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad and the International Physics Olympiad, and he was awarded the annual Abasaheb Naravane Memorial Prize in 2013.

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Dhariwal scored 295 out of 300 in the physics-chemistry-mathematics (PCM) group in his Class XII exam and secured the 190th rank in the Maharashtra Technical Common Entrance Test (MT-CET). He also scored 330 out of 360 in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE-Mains).

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Graduated from MIT

Dhariwal pursued his Bachelor's in Computer Science (Mathematics) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), graduating in 2017 with a perfect GPA of 5.0/5.0. He had brief stints with Pinterest and D.E. Shaw Group before joining OpenAI.

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