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⚡️ Prism: OpenAI's LaTeX "Cursor for Scientists" — Kevin Weil & Victor Powell, OpenAI for Science

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⚡️ Prism: OpenAI's LaTeX "Cursor for Scientists" — Kevin Weil & Victor Powell, OpenAI for Science

Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

Jan 27
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

Jan 27
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From building Crixet in stealth (so stealthy Kevin had to hunt down Victor on Reddit to explore an acquisition) to launching Prism (https://openai.com/prism/) as OpenAI's free AI-native LaTeX editor, Kevin Weil (VP of OpenAI for Science) and Victor Powell ...

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This episode explores how OpenAI is reimagining scientific communication and discovery by embedding cutting-edge AI directly into the tools researchers use every day—starting with LaTeX.
00:05
Prism is a free AI-native LaTeX editor designed to accelerate scientific writing
05:15
Prism's built-in AI has access to all project files and works more intuitively than ChatGPT
10:56
Prism generates a 30-minute lecture on general relativity and adds diagrams without manual typing
21:54
Within a year, AI's discovery capacity will outpace experimental execution, shifting the bottleneck to the wet lab
33:22
The goal is an automated AI researcher by September 2026 to self-accelerate research and deliver personalized medicine and new materials

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How Prism Turns LaTeX From a Chore Into a Conversation With AI
00:00
From Reddit DM to OpenAI: The Unlikely Origin of a Scientific Tool
05:15
What Happens When You Edit a Research Paper With GPT-5.2 Watching Your Every Move?
10:56
Why Building an AI-Powered LaTeX Editor Meant Rewriting the Rules of Web Rendering
16:07
When Will Your Lab Have an AI Intern? The Race to Automate Discovery by September 2026
27:46

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RJ: Okay, we're here at OpenAI with some exciting news from the AI for Science team. With us is Kevin Weil from, I guess, your VP of AI for Science. Kevin Weil: VP of OpenAI for Science, yeah. RJ: OpenAI for Science. And Victor Powell, who is the product...