Will DePue is an AI researcher and engineer whose work at OpenAI has included contributions to Sora and Sora 2, post-training for models including 4o, o3, and GPT-5, and research on sample-efficient learning. He previously worked on humanitarian technology projects through InternetActivism.
Will DePue is an AI researcher and engineer whose work at OpenAI has included contributions to Sora and Sora 2, post-training for models including 4o, o3, and GPT-5, and research on sample-efficient learning. He previously worked on humanitarian technology projects through InternetActivism.
Career
Will DePue studied at University of Michigan (Computer Science) and Geffen Academy at UCLA (High school diploma; salutatorian).
AI Researcher / Research Engineer at OpenAI from 2023-07 to PresentContributed to Sora and Sora 2, OpenAI’s video-generation models. Worked on post-training for 4o, o3, and GPT-5, and led research focused on human-level sample efficiency.