{"schema_version":"onlylabs.public_signal.v1","title":"OpenAI Writing: Learning to model other minds","description":"OpenAI writing signal with public source context, captured evidence pages, related signals, and data-business radar classification.","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d","json_url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d/signal.json","generated_at":"2026-06-08T15:47:07.767+00:00","org":{"slug":"openai","name":"OpenAI","category":"frontier-lab","category_label":"Frontier lab","dossier_url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/labs/openai","dossier_json_url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/labs/openai/dossier.json"},"related_urls":{"signal":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d","signal_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d/signal.json","source":"https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds","lab_dossier":"https://onlylabs.fyi/labs/openai","lab_dossier_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/labs/openai/dossier.json","analysis":"https://onlylabs.fyi/analysis/openai","analysis_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/analysis/openai/analysis.json","analysis_evidence_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/analysis/openai/evidence.json","category":"https://onlylabs.fyi/frontier","category_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/frontier.json","category_feed":"https://onlylabs.fyi/frontier/feed.xml","category_signals_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals.json","topic":"https://onlylabs.fyi/topics/talking","topic_signals_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/topics/talking/signals.json","topic_feed":"https://onlylabs.fyi/topics/talking/feed.xml","data_business":null},"answer_pack":{"answer":"OpenAI published Learning to model other minds. This talking signal gives public context for research themes, product direction, policy, or launch framing. High-signal details: Learning to model other minds | OpenAI September 14, 2017 Learning to model other minds Loading… Share We’re releasing an algorithm which accounts for the fact that.... onlylabs links this event to 1 captured evidence page and 6 related writing signals.","signal_desk":"talking","source_context":{"source_url":"https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds","source_host":"openai.com","occurred_at":"2017-09-14T07:00:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-06-05T05:42:57.832854+00:00","date_source":"rss.item_date","context":null},"context_markers":[{"label":"Lab","value":"OpenAI","source":"signal"},{"label":"Signal desk","value":"talking","source":"signal"},{"label":"Source host","value":"openai.com","source":"source"},{"label":"Watch term","value":"RL environments","source":"evidence"},{"label":"Watch term","value":"Infrastructure","source":"evidence"},{"label":"Watch term","value":"Safety and alignment","source":"evidence"},{"label":"Watch term","value":"Agents and tool use","source":"evidence"}],"evidence_coverage":{"target_pages":1,"captured_pages":1,"readable_pages":1,"capture_methods":["exa"],"missing_page_urls":[],"failed_page_urls":[],"blocked_page_urls":[],"page_urls":["https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds"],"related_signals":6,"has_source_url":true,"latest_page_fetched_at":"2026-06-08T15:47:07.767+00:00"},"data_business":{"matches":false,"lanes":[],"matched_terms":[],"score":null,"reason":null},"agent_handoff":{"signal_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d/signal.json","dossier_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/labs/openai/dossier.json","analysis_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/analysis/openai/analysis.json","analysis_evidence_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/analysis/openai/evidence.json","topic_signals_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/topics/talking/signals.json","topic_feed":"https://onlylabs.fyi/topics/talking/feed.xml","category_signals_json":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals.json","data_radar_json":null,"opportunities_json":null},"analysis_playbook":{"objective":"Turn public writing and discussion into a readable map of research themes, product framing, policy posture, launch narratives, and market attention.","evidence_focus":["post title","source URL","captured page text","HN traction","linked model or paper references","publication date"],"extraction_questions":["Which themes are labs choosing to explain publicly?","Which posts are attracting outside discussion?","Which writing reframes a recent release, model, hiring wave, or policy stance?","Which posts mention data, evals, infrastructure, safety, or deployment workflows?"],"signal_questions":["What public theme, launch framing, or research direction does this writing signal expose?","Which themes are labs choosing to explain publicly?","Which posts are attracting outside discussion?","Do the 6 related writing signals show a repeated pattern?"],"output_fields":["org","theme","public_framing","traction","data_business_lane","evidence_url"],"data_business_relevance":"Public writing supplies the narrative layer over raw signals and helps identify which frontier-lab priorities are becoming externally legible.","required_sources":[{"label":"signal_json","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d/signal.json","required":true},{"label":"source","url":"https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds","required":true},{"label":"dossier_json","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/labs/openai/dossier.json","required":true},{"label":"analysis_evidence_json","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/analysis/openai/evidence.json","required":true},{"label":"topic_signals_json","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/topics/talking/signals.json","required":false},{"label":"data_radar_json","url":null,"required":false}],"expected_output":["one-paragraph source-grounded interpretation","category-specific implication","confidence and missing evidence","recommended next source to inspect"],"prompt_seed":"Using only the linked onlylabs JSON, captured source context, and cited evidence, analyze OpenAI's writing signal \"Learning to model other minds\" for frontier lab strategy."},"semantic_triples":[{"subject":"OpenAI","predicate":"published","object":"Learning to model other minds","text":"OpenAI published Learning to model other minds."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"is classified as","object":"writing signal","text":"Learning to model other minds is classified as writing signal."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"belongs to","object":"talking desk","text":"Learning to model other minds belongs to talking desk."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has evidence coverage","object":"1 captured evidence page","text":"Learning to model other minds has evidence coverage 1 captured evidence page."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has captured page count","object":"1","text":"Learning to model other minds has captured page count 1."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has readable page count","object":"1","text":"Learning to model other minds has readable page count 1."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has related signal count","object":"6","text":"Learning to model other minds has related signal count 6."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has analysis playbook objective","object":"Turn public writing and discussion into a readable map of research themes, product framing, policy posture, launch narratives, and market attention.","text":"Learning to model other minds has analysis playbook objective Turn public writing and discussion into a readable map of research themes, product framing, policy posture, launch narratives, and market attention.."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has source host","object":"openai.com","text":"Learning to model other minds has source host openai.com."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has lab","object":"OpenAI","text":"Learning to model other minds has lab OpenAI."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has signal desk","object":"talking","text":"Learning to model other minds has signal desk talking."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has source host","object":"openai.com","text":"Learning to model other minds has source host openai.com."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has watch term","object":"RL environments","text":"Learning to model other minds has watch term RL environments."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has watch term","object":"Infrastructure","text":"Learning to model other minds has watch term Infrastructure."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has watch term","object":"Safety and alignment","text":"Learning to model other minds has watch term Safety and alignment."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has watch term","object":"Agents and tool use","text":"Learning to model other minds has watch term Agents and tool use."}]},"intelligence":{"signal_desk":"talking","answer":"OpenAI published Learning to model other minds. This talking signal gives public context for research themes, product direction, policy, or launch framing. High-signal details: Learning to model other minds | OpenAI September 14, 2017 Learning to model other minds Loading… Share We’re releasing an algorithm which accounts for the fact that.... onlylabs links this event to 1 captured evidence page and 6 related writing signals.","semantic_triples":[{"subject":"OpenAI","predicate":"published","object":"Learning to model other minds","text":"OpenAI published Learning to model other minds."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"is classified as","object":"writing signal","text":"Learning to model other minds is classified as writing signal."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"belongs to","object":"talking desk","text":"Learning to model other minds belongs to talking desk."},{"subject":"Learning to model other minds","predicate":"has evidence coverage","object":"1 captured evidence page","text":"Learning to model other minds has evidence coverage 1 captured evidence page."}]},"signal":{"id":"d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d","json_url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/d0bd3adf-fb2e-45cf-9fa7-6ed5e22f6c7d/signal.json","source_url":"https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds","title":"Learning to model other minds","summary":"OpenAI published a writing signal. onlylabs watches public writing for research themes, product direction, and model-launch context.","context":null,"kind":{"key":"post_published","label":"Writing"},"org":{"slug":"openai","name":"OpenAI","category":"frontier-lab"},"occurred_at":"2017-09-14T07:00:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-06-05T05:42:57.832854+00:00","date_source":"rss.item_date","evidence_coverage":{"target_pages":1,"captured_pages":1,"readable_pages":1,"capture_methods":["exa"],"missing_page_urls":[],"failed_page_urls":[],"blocked_page_urls":[],"page_urls":["https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds"]},"facets":{},"traction":{"github_stars":null,"hn_points":null,"hn_comments":null,"hn_story_id":null,"hf_downloads":null,"hf_likes":null},"data_radar":null},"primary_evidence_page":{"url":"https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds","final_url":"https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds","title":"Learning to model other minds","http_status":200,"content_type":null,"capture_method":"exa","fetched_at":"2026-06-08T15:47:07.767+00:00","bytes":null,"raw_path":null,"content_hash":null,"excerpt_chars":1200,"truncated":true,"excerpt":"Learning to model other minds | OpenAI September 14, 2017 Learning to model other minds Loading… Share We’re releasing an algorithm which accounts for the fact that other agents are learning too, and discovers self-interested yet collaborative strategies like tit-for-tat in the iterated prisoner’s dilemma. This algorithm, Learning with Opponent-Learning Awareness (LOLA), is a small step towards agents that model other minds. LOLA, a collaboration by researchers at OpenAI and the University of Oxford, lets a reinforcement learning (RL) agent take account of the learning of others when updating its own strategy. Each LOLA agent adjusts its policy in order to shape the learning of the other agents in a way that is advantageous. This is possible since the learning of the other agents depends on the rewards and observations occurring in the environment, which in turn can be influenced by the agent. This means that the LOLA agent, “Alice,” models how the parameter updates of the other agent, “Bob,” depend on its own policy and how Bob’s parameter update impacts its own future expected reward. Alice then updates its own policy in order to make the learning step of the other agents, like..."},"evidence_pages":[{"url":"https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds","final_url":"https://openai.com/index/learning-to-model-other-minds","title":"Learning to model other minds","http_status":200,"content_type":null,"capture_method":"exa","fetched_at":"2026-06-08T15:47:07.767+00:00","bytes":null,"raw_path":null,"content_hash":null,"excerpt_chars":1200,"truncated":true,"excerpt":"Learning to model other minds | OpenAI September 14, 2017 Learning to model other minds Loading… Share We’re releasing an algorithm which accounts for the fact that other agents are learning too, and discovers self-interested yet collaborative strategies like tit-for-tat in the iterated prisoner’s dilemma. This algorithm, Learning with Opponent-Learning Awareness (LOLA), is a small step towards agents that model other minds. LOLA, a collaboration by researchers at OpenAI and the University of Oxford, lets a reinforcement learning (RL) agent take account of the learning of others when updating its own strategy. Each LOLA agent adjusts its policy in order to shape the learning of the other agents in a way that is advantageous. This is possible since the learning of the other agents depends on the rewards and observations occurring in the environment, which in turn can be influenced by the agent. This means that the LOLA agent, “Alice,” models how the parameter updates of the other agent, “Bob,” depend on its own policy and how Bob’s parameter update impacts its own future expected reward. Alice then updates its own policy in order to make the learning step of the other agents, like..."}],"related_signals":[{"id":"b3668d3b-26d2-40c0-9d4f-ed1a67927aa4","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/b3668d3b-26d2-40c0-9d4f-ed1a67927aa4","source_url":"https://openai.com/index/supporting-eu-trustworthy-ai-ecosystem","title":"Supporting Europe’s work in ensuring a trustworthy AI ecosystem ","context":null,"kind":{"key":"post_published","label":"Writing"},"org":{"slug":"openai","name":"OpenAI","category":"frontier-lab"},"occurred_at":"2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-06-11T08:00:56.140796+00:00","date_source":"rss.item_date"},{"id":"2638c0a7-b372-409c-ac72-f6d81d6464dc","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/2638c0a7-b372-409c-ac72-f6d81d6464dc","source_url":"https://openai.com/index/using-codex-to-simulate-black-holes","title":"How an astrophysicist uses Codex to help simulate black holes","context":null,"kind":{"key":"post_published","label":"Writing"},"org":{"slug":"openai","name":"OpenAI","category":"frontier-lab"},"occurred_at":"2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-06-11T07:01:16.936464+00:00","date_source":"rss.item_date"},{"id":"509ea784-51ec-4ede-855b-5a4d1b27d3be","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/509ea784-51ec-4ede-855b-5a4d1b27d3be","source_url":"https://openai.com/index/openai-on-oracle-cloud","title":"Access OpenAI models and Codex through your Oracle cloud commitment","context":null,"kind":{"key":"post_published","label":"Writing"},"org":{"slug":"openai","name":"OpenAI","category":"frontier-lab"},"occurred_at":"2026-06-10T20:00:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-06-11T07:01:16.936464+00:00","date_source":"rss.item_date"},{"id":"4f051449-87f2-466e-941e-b5918381a8fe","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/4f051449-87f2-466e-941e-b5918381a8fe","source_url":"https://openai.com/index/prc-linked-influence-operations-ai-debates","title":"PRC-linked influence operations are targeting AI debates in the US","context":null,"kind":{"key":"post_published","label":"Writing"},"org":{"slug":"openai","name":"OpenAI","category":"frontier-lab"},"occurred_at":"2026-06-10T12:00:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-06-11T07:01:16.936464+00:00","date_source":"rss.item_date"},{"id":"4507c0c1-cb74-4bb3-b62b-5f6c2d37e20d","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/4507c0c1-cb74-4bb3-b62b-5f6c2d37e20d","source_url":"https://openai.com/index/lseg","title":"From data to decisions: how LSEG is scaling trusted AI","context":null,"kind":{"key":"post_published","label":"Writing"},"org":{"slug":"openai","name":"OpenAI","category":"frontier-lab"},"occurred_at":"2026-06-10T00:00:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-06-10T09:18:54.26094+00:00","date_source":"rss.item_date"},{"id":"fb16aa7a-c4ef-4859-b514-0839c2f1330d","url":"https://onlylabs.fyi/signals/fb16aa7a-c4ef-4859-b514-0839c2f1330d","source_url":"https://openai.com/index/nextdoor","title":"How engineers at Nextdoor use Codex to build without limits","context":null,"kind":{"key":"post_published","label":"Writing"},"org":{"slug":"openai","name":"OpenAI","category":"frontier-lab"},"occurred_at":"2026-06-09T12:00:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-06-10T07:01:28.700378+00:00","date_source":"rss.item_date"}]}