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Susan Zhang

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Principal Research Engineer at Google DeepMind

Zhang helped build OpenAI Five, a reinforcement-learning system that defeated professional Dota 2 teams. At Meta, she was a lead author of OPT-175B, released with model weights and detailed training records so outside researchers could study a frontier-scale language model. She now works on model research at Google DeepMind.

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Background

Current role
Principal Research Engineer 2025-present
Previously
2023-2025Senior Staff Research Engineer,
2021-2023Senior Staff Research Engineer,
2018-2020Member of Technical Staff,
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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