About the Talk:

OpenAI Forum is hosting a Codex showcase on how teams across OpenAI are using Codex in their own work. We will begin with Ronnie Chatterji, OpenAI's Chief Economist, to discuss his recent research on how agentic AI is changing work both inside and outside of OpenAI. Then, teams from across OpenAI will share short demos of how they use Codex internally to increase their impact and productivity.

About the Speakers:

Ronnie Chatterji, Chief Economist @ OpenAI

Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, Ph.D., is OpenAI’s first Chief Economist. He is also the Mark Burgess & Lisa Benson-Burgess Distinguished Professor at Duke University, working at the intersection of academia, policy, and business. He served in the Biden Administration as White House CHIPS coordinator and Acting Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, shaping industrial policy, manufacturing, and supply chains. Before that, he was Chief Economist at the Department of Commerce and a Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He is on leave as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and previously taught at Harvard Business School. Earlier in his career, he worked at Goldman Sachs and was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Chatterji holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.