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OpenAI announced It plans to turn its London office into its largest research center outside the United States.
Company – which Established an office in the United Kingdom In 2023 – it says it will expand its research team in London, attracting emerging talent from leading UK universities. It did not specify the number of researchers it would employ.
“The UK brings together world-class talent, leading scientific institutions and universities, making it an ideal place to deliver important research that will ensure our AI is safe, useful and benefits everyone,” Mark Chen, chief research officer at OpenAI, said in a statement.
These plans put OpenAI in direct competition for top research talent with Google DeepMind, the AI lab run by a British researcher. Demis Hassabiswhich is headquartered in London. DeepMind has long-standing partnerships with the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, where it sponsors Professorship, Finance researchand He works alongside researchers.
At the University of Oxford’s most recent job fair, the room was packed with undergraduates searching for technical roles and recruiters hiring for AI-related jobs. “Demand and supply are increasing on both sides, even within a year,” says Jonathan Black, director of employment services at the University of Oxford. “To get something like this is a really positive sign.”
The company says the OpenAI team in London will continue to contribute to products like Codex and GPT-5.2, but will now own certain aspects of model development related to safety, reliability, and performance evaluation.
In a statement, UK Science and Technology Minister Liz Kendall described the announcement as “a major vote of confidence in the UK’s world-leading position at the forefront of AI research.”
The announcement coincides with A Pay in the UK to Expanding the scope of data center and power infrastructure in the country To meet the voracious demand for computing among AI companies, including OpenAI.