OpenAI aspires to have 100 AI scientists winning 100 Nobel Prizes

OpenAI aspires to have 100 AI scientists winning 100 Nobel Prizes | His statement was, 'I want a hundred scientists winning 100 Nobels.'

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His statement was, 'I want a hundred scientists winning 100 Nobels.'

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