"Riley Walz, a software engineer famous for his online stunts, is joining OpenAI to research and develop new ways for humans to interact with AI. Walz built a reputation as Silicon Valley's jester, and has created a series of viral web projects that double as social commentary. His most recent initiative, Jmail, lets users search Jeffrey Epstein's emails as if they're accessing his personal Gmail inbox."
"Now, Walz's skills creating novel web experiences will be put to use in OAI Labs, a relatively new team led by research leader Joanne Jang. The team is secretive about what it's been working on, but has been tasked with inventing and prototyping new interfaces for how people collaborate with ai."
"OpenAI has spent the last several years racing with Google and Anthropic to create new, compelling ways for people to use its AI models. While ChatGPT has been a hit with consumers, now reaching more than 800 million people every week, the company is eyeing new interfaces to improve these experiences even further."
Riley Walz, a software engineer renowned for creating viral web projects that serve as social commentary, has joined OpenAI to work with OAI Labs, a team led by research leader Joanne Jang. The team focuses on inventing and prototyping new interfaces for human-AI collaboration. Walz's previous projects include Jmail, which allows searching Jeffrey Epstein's emails, and Find My Parking Cops, which used public data to track San Francisco parking enforcement officers. OpenAI is pursuing innovative interfaces beyond ChatGPT, which reaches over 800 million weekly users, as developers increasingly adopt coding agents like Claude Code. Walz's hire reflects OpenAI's strategy to stay ahead in developing the next major AI product.
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