Know more on Prafulla Dhariwal, the brains behind OpenAI’s GPT-4o model

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly acknowledged the pivotal role of Indian prodigy Prafulla Dhariwal in the successful launch of the company's latest AI model, GPT-4o. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Altman emphasized that the development of ChatGPT 4o heavily relied on Dhariwal's contributions.

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

— Sam Altman (@sama)

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

— Sam Altman (@sama) May 15, 2024

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Hailing from Pune, India, Prafulla Dhariwal has a distinguished history of academic and scientific excellence. He first gained national recognition in 2009 when he won the National Talent Search Scholarship and clinched a gold medal at the International Astronomy Olympiad in China. His accomplishments continued with gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2012 and the International Physics Olympiad in 2013.

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Dhariwal's academic achievements are equally impressive. He scored 295 out of 300 in the physics-chemistry-mathematics group during his Class XII examinations and excelled in entrance exams, scoring 190 in the MT-CET and 330 out of 360 in the JEE-Mains. In 2013, he was awarded the prestigious Abasaheb Naravane memorial prize by the MSBSHSE.

Dhariwal pursued a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (Mathematics) at MIT, graduating in 2017 with a perfect GPA of 5.0/5.0. He began his journey with OpenAI as a research intern in May 2016 and has since become a research scientist. His notable contributions include GPT-3, DALL-E 2, Jukebox, and the reversible generative model Glow.

"GPT-4o would not have happened without the vision, talent, conviction, and determination of Prafulla Dhariwal over a long period of time," Altman stated.

The unveiling of GPT-4o at OpenAI's Spring Update event showcased its advanced capabilities in reasoning across voice, text, and vision, marking OpenAI's first foray into natively multimodal models, a feat achieved under Dhariwal's leadership.