Issue No. 37Week ending Sunday, September 13, 2026434 episodes · 1825 articles
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Mark Chen appears in 1 full episode we cover on Latent Space. Below is what each conversation covered, with a key takeaway per article. Every quote in the articles is verbatim and timestamped to the source video.

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Cooking with OpenAI’s Research Chief: AGI, o1, Evals, and Scaling Laws — Mark Chen

OpenAI's Chief Research Officer, Mark Chen, joins Alessio Fanelli for a cooking session while discussing OpenAI's core research strategies. Topics include the ongoing relevance of scaling laws, the 'evals crisis' in AI, the future trajectory of AGI development, and how aspiring researchers can develop crucial 'research taste' within the field.

  • AI models are now so advanced they've saturated traditional benchmarks like the SAT, creating an "evals crisis" at OpenAI, according to Chief Research Officer Mark Chen. Read →
  • OpenAI's Mark Chen predicts AGI is "coming soon," fundamentally shifting innovation generation from humans to autonomous models. Read →
  • Forget the PhD: Mark Chen says a formal machine learning degree isn't a prerequisite for AI research; creative problem-solving and attention to detail are what truly matter, often found in fields like trading. Read →
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