OpenAI
Research at OpenAI
Updated Nov 6, 2026 from public research, hiring and model databases. Figures are collected automatically and reflect what each source attributes to OpenAI.
Published research
66 papers and preprints with at least one author affiliated with OpenAI in the past 12 months (Nov 6, 2025 – Nov 6, 2026).
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 33 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2025 | 37 |
| 2026 (to date) | 62 |
Top fields, past 12 months: Computer Science (29) · Physics and Astronomy (10) · Social Sciences (5) · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4) · Decision Sciences (4)
Most-cited recent papers
| Paper | Venue | Published | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genome modelling and design across all domains of life with Evo 2 | Nature | Mar 4, 2026 | 431 |
| Evaluating large language models for accuracy incentivizes hallucinations | Nature | Apr 22, 2026 | 308 |
| How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study | Research Square | Apr 27, 2026 | 223 |
| A benchmark of expert-level academic questions to assess AI capabilities | Nature | Jan 28, 2026 | 185 |
| GDPVAL: Evaluating AI Model Performance on Real-World Economically Valuable Tasks | SuperIntelligence - Robotics - Safety & Alignment | Jan 21, 2026 | 28 |
| Using a GPT-5-driven autonomous lab to optimize the cost and titer of cell-free protein synthesis | bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) | Feb 5, 2026 | 15 |
Latest papers
- White House Accord on Super Intelligence — SuperIntelligence - Robotics - Safety & Alignment, Oct 27, 2026
- Generative AI and the temporary upskilling of knowledge workers — Nature Human Behaviour, Oct 26, 2026
- Distributed AI agents enable comprehensive discovery of biological insights at scale — bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Oct 16, 2026
- What if automating AI R&D triggers an intelligence explosion? — arXiv (Cornell University), Sep 28, 2026
- Inoculation Midtraining with Learned Neologisms — arXiv (Cornell University), Sep 14, 2026
- Self-Dual Yang-Mills in AdS$_4$ — arXiv (Cornell University), Aug 27, 2026
Source: OpenAlex. Affiliations are matched automatically and can include papers with a mistaken or partial OpenAI affiliation; labs that publish mainly on their own websites or in system cards are undercounted.
Research hiring
71 open research roles out of 823 listings on OpenAI’s job board. Most research openings: Data Science (14), Safety Systems (12), Post-training (7).
| Role | Team | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Research Engineer, AI for Chip Design | AI for Chip Design | San Francisco |
| Agent Post-Training Research | Agents | San Francisco |
| Agent Post-Training, Computer Use Research | Agents | San Francisco |
| Researcher, Alignment | Alignment | San Francisco |
| Researcher, Alignment CoT Monitorability | Alignment | San Francisco |
| Researcher, Alignment Interpretability | Alignment | San Francisco |
| Protection Scientist Engineer, Integrity | Applied AI Engineering | San Francisco |
| Protection Scientist Engineer, Integrity | Applied AI Engineering | London, UK |
| Internal Communications, Research and Product | Communications | San Francisco |
| Art Director, Research Team | Creative | San Francisco |
| Applied Data Scientist, Personalization & Machine Learning | Data Science | San Francisco |
| Data Scientist, Ads Demand | Data Science | San Francisco |
| Data Scientist, Analytics Enablement | Data Science | San Francisco |
| Data Scientist, B2B Demand Generation, Growth & Measurement | Data Science | San Francisco |
| Data Scientist, B2B Strategy & Intelligence | Data Science | San Francisco |
Showing 15 of 71. See all openings.
Source: Ashby public job board. “Research roles” are listings whose title includes research, researcher or scientist.
Model releases
149 AI models attributed to OpenAI in Epoch AI’s database, 39 of them released in the past 12 months.
| Model | Released | Domain | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 Terra | Oct 26, 2026 | Language, Multimodal, Vision | API access |
| GPT-Live-1.1 Quip | Oct 15, 2026 | Audio | — |
| GPT-Live-1.1 | Oct 15, 2026 | Audio | — |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | Sep 29, 2026 | Multimodal, Language, Vision | API access |
| GPT-6 Sol | Sep 22, 2026 | Multimodal, Language, Vision | API access |
| GPT-6 Luna | Sep 22, 2026 | Multimodal, Language, Vision | API access |
| GPT-6 Luna Decisions | Sep 22, 2026 | Language, Vision, Multimodal | API access |
| ChatGPT Images 2.5 | Sep 8, 2026 | Image generation, Vision | Hosted access (no API) |
| GPT-Image-2.5 Flare | Sep 8, 2026 | Image generation | API access |
| GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst | Sep 8, 2026 | Image generation | API access |