industryOCT 11 07:00 UTC
OpenAI Opens Applications for Second Scholars Cohort
OpenAI is accepting applications for the second round of its Scholars program, which supports people from underrepresented groups in AI research. Selected participants receive stipends and mentorship to study deep learning full-time for three months. Each scholar is expected to release an open-source project at the end of the program.
WHY IT MATTERS ↘Funded, full-time research stints are cheap relative to industry lab headcount, making this a low-cost way for OpenAI to widen the talent funnel and generate open-source outputs it can point to. It also pressures rival labs to match visible diversity and early-career pipelines, since stipend-level programs are a comparatively inexpensive recruiting and reputational lever.