OpenAI Scholars program: stipends and mentorship for 3-month deep learning study

AI Impact Summary

OpenAI is launching a talent-development program that provides 6–10 stipends and mentorship to individuals from underrepresented groups to study deep learning full-time for three months and open-source a project. This expands external access to deep learning education, creates tangible open-source contributions, and can strengthen OpenAI's diversity and inclusion goals while building a potential future talent pool. Success will depend on participant selection, mentorship capacity, and clear success criteria for the open-source outputs within the short program window.