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Research Scientist, OpenAI · Sep 17, 2026 · Interview, Dwarkesh Podcast: Agent swarms, alignment, and recursive self-improvement

And actually the models today are far beyond what was possible even six months ago.

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Noam Brown, Research Scientist, OpenAI
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Dwarkesh Podcast: Agent swarms, alignment, and recursive self-improvement
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AGI
Company
OpenAI
Source
dwarkesh.com/p/noam-brown

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