Lilian Weng

Lilian Weng is VP of Research at OpenAI and author of what might be the most cited technical blog in all of AI. Her posts on topics like attention mechanisms, diffusion models, and prompt engineering are the first place researchers and engineers go to understand complex AI concepts. Her writing combines mathematical rigor with clear explanations in a way few people can match. Each post is a comprehensive survey of a topic that often becomes the definitive reference, cited in papers, courses, and tutorials worldwide.