OpenAI ChatGPT 4o wouldn't have been possible without this Indian ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently credited Pune boy Prafulla Dhariwal for the creation of ChatGPT 4o, a new AI model that has become the talk of the town since its launch. Prafulla Dhariwal's vision, talent, conviction, and determination over a long period of time were crucial in the development of GPT-4o. 
This was OpenAI CEO's response to Dhariwal's post where he discussed the new AI model. GPT-4o, also known as "omni," is the first model to come out of the omni team at OpenAI, representing a fully multimodal model. Prafulla Dhariwal has a remarkable academic record, having won several awards and medals, including the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Government of India and a gold medal at the International Astronomy Olympiad in China in 2009.
Academic Achievements
His accolades also include a gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad and the International Physics Olympiad. Prafulla Dhariwal attended Dr. Kalmadi Shyamrao High School in Pune and excelled in various competitive exams such as the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE-Mains) and the physics-chemistry-mathematics (PCM) group in class XII.
After completing his Bachelor's in Computer Science (Mathematics) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a perfect GPA of 5.0/5.0 in 2017, he embarked on a successful career. Prafulla Dhariwal worked as a software engineer at Pinterest and as a quantitative analyst intern at the D.E. Shaw Group before joining OpenAI as a research intern in 2016. He currently serves as a Research Scientist at the AI startup. 
Contributions to AI
During his tenure at OpenAI, Dhariwal has made significant contributions to various projects, including GPT-3, the text-to-image platform DALL-E 2, the music generator Jukebox, and the reversible generative model Glow.
His dedication and expertise have been instrumental in the development of groundbreaking AI models that have the potential to revolutionize the field of artificial intelligence. 
For more information, you can visit Prafulla Dhariwal's Twitter profile @prafdhar and the official announcement here.
