OpenAI’s chip chief tells More Than Moore he doesn’t fully trust AI design

OpenAI's hardware lead Richard Ho revealed that their AI models autonomously optimized parts of the Jalapeño chip design, saving over 13% die area, though engineers did not always understand the changes. The chip, co-developed with Broadcom, runs AI models and unifies inference stages to adapt to varying workloads, with all modifications fully validated despite some unexplained model-driven changes.