Yi Wu

Yi Wu is an assistant professor at Tsinghua University's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences and a former OpenAI researcher, where he spent roughly a year and a half . His academic lineage traces back to AI pioneer Stuart Russell . His research centers on building general-purpose AI capable of human interaction, with current work spanning AI game-playing and robot control—one lab demo involves directing a robotic dog to chase a ball . He was also part of the team behind the well-known hide-and-seek multi-agent experiment at OpenAI . As of 2023, he was described as still running hands-on AI experiments in his Tsinghua office .