Noam Brown
OpenAI research scientist on reasoning; built the poker AIs Libratus and Pluribus.
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- Noam Brown is an AI researcher who works on reasoning, self-play and multi-agent systems at OpenAI, which he joined in 2023.
- He was a foundational contributor to the reasoning model o1.
- With Tuomas Sandholm at Carnegie Mellon he built Libratus and Pluribus, the first AIs to beat top professionals at no-limit poker.
- At Meta's FAIR he helped build CICERO, which played Diplomacy at human level.
Key facts
- Now
- Research scientist at OpenAI (joined 2023), working on reasoning, reinforcement learning and multi-agent AI1
- Built
- Libratus (2017) and Pluribus (2019), with Tuomas Sandholm; CICERO (2022) at FAIR1
- Before
- Facebook AI Research (FAIR), 2018 to 2023; research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board, 2010 to 2012; algorithmic trading at MJM Trading Group, 2006 to 20101
- Education
- BA in mathematics and computer science, Rutgers (2008); MS in robotics (2014) and PhD in computer science (2020), Carnegie Mellon1
- Awards
- Marvin Minsky Medal (Libratus); MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35; Pluribus a runner-up for Science's 2019 Breakthrough of the Year2
Roles
Part of
- OpenAIOrganization
research scientist on reasoning and multi-agent AI; foundational contributor to o1 · since 2023 source on OpenAI
Before
Part of until 2023
Meta (research scientist at Facebook AI Research (FAIR); helped build CICERO) source on Meta
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