Berlin

November 4 & 5, 2024

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September 4 & 5, 2024

Evan Morikawa

Evan is a Engineering Manager at OpenAI

 

Evan manages Applied Platform Engineering — The engineering team responsible for scaling the models that power ChatGPT, DALL·E and the APIs. He does not have an ML PhD. Before OpenAI he built Electron email clients, communication APIs, and engineering teams at Nylas. He’s an Olin College alum.

Evan Morikawa on how OpenAI scaled ChatGPT

Ahead of his talk at LeadDev West Coast in October, OpenAI’s Evan Morikawa goes behind the scenes on scaling ChatGPT, the constant need to reset as a leader, and how GPUs don’t grow on trees.

How OpenAI fought off security threats and GPU shortages to scale ChatGPT

The rapid rise of ChatGPT exposed OpenAI to a myriad of scaling issues and security threats, leading to some unique mitigation approaches.

OpenAI explains how they scaled ChatGPT

Ahead of his talk at LeadDev West Coast in October, OpenAI’s Evan Morikawa goes behind-the-scenes on the challenges they faced scaling ChatGPT, the constant need to reset as a leader, and how GPUs don’t in fact grow on trees.

Behind the scenes scaling ChatGPT

Evan Morikawa gives you a behind the scenes look at how we scaled ChatGPT and the OpenAI APIs. A story about staying nimble enough to release new capabilities and to respond quickly to a rapidly changing industry.

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