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Aug 20, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

From a World Championship Win to ChatGPT: What OpenAI Got Right in Seven Years

The article traces OpenAI’s seven‑year journey from the OpenAI Five Dota 2 victory to ChatGPT, showing how a clear goal, massive self‑play, scaling of compute and data, and systematic transfer of learned capabilities enabled the transition from game‑playing AI to a widely used conversational product.