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"It's very hard for me to imagine going back to the way we used to write code anymore." On this week's podcast, we visit OpenAI's new Bellevue office, its largest outpost outside of its San Francisco HQ. Vijaye Raji (above), OpenAI CTO of Applications, talks about the new office and explains how it could serve as a template for the ChatGPT maker. Plus, he describes how AI has changed his daily work, to the point where he's personally coding again. 

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