# OpenAI replaced job applications with a machine learning contest

- slug: openai-replaced-job-applications-with-a-machine-learning-contest
- date: 2026-03-23
- category: Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI's 16-megabyte hiring test

Subtitle: A compression challenge launching this month is how OpenAI plans to recruit its next class of junior researchers — and the leaderboard is already getting serious.

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The Forbes headline reads: "OpenAI Is Now Hiring $500,000 Jobs.

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