OpenAI hackathon

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OpenAI hosted a hackathon at their San Francisco office on March 3rd, featuring talks by Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Josh Achiam, and Alec Radford, followed by an open hackathon session with no prizes or judges.

Come to OpenAI’s office in San Francisco’s Mission District for talks and a hackathon on Saturday, March 3rd.
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# OpenAI hackathon Source: [https://openai.com/index/openai-hackathon/](https://openai.com/index/openai-hackathon/) OpenAICome to OpenAI’s office in San Francisco’s Mission District for talks and a hackathon on Saturday, March 3rd\. Come to OpenAI’s office in San Francisco’s Mission District for talks and a hackathon on Saturday, March 3rd\. \(RSVPs are now closed\. We have limited space and will curate the invite list—we’ll send email confirmations within the next few days\.\) Schedule of the day: - 8:30a: Doors open, coffee and pastries served\. - 9\-11a: Talks by[Sam Altman⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman),[Dario Amodei⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-amodei-3934934),[Josh Achiam⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-achiam-13887199), and[Alec Radford⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://twitter.com/alecrad)\. - 11a\-7p: Hackathon\! Lunch will be provided\. Come with a project you’d like to hack on, figure one out with a group of others you meet here, or just hang out and eat the food\. If you’re looking for inspiration, maybe try out one of our[Requests for Research⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://blog.openai.com/requests-for-research-2/)—but all projects, not just machine learning ones, are welcome\! Please see our[Code of Conduct⁠](https://openai.com/events/code-of-conduct.txt)and[hackathon terms⁠](https://openai.com/events/hackathon.txt)\. There are no judges, prizes, or contests—just the space and time for you to work on a project\! ![Groups of people sitting around tables in a crowded room](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/249b5946-4c11-42e6-be4cd2a776e9/7489cfe96c285ef6c1f8fd1c6c21e76d/socml_3.jpg?w=3840&q=90&fm=webp) Feel free to come for any subset\. The goal of the day is to learn more about AI, and to work on a cool project while surrounded by others doing the same\.

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