Mikayel Samvelyan

@_samvelyan

RSI and auto-research @GoogleDeepMind. Ex @Meta (FAIR), @UCL, @UniofOxford.

London, England

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Mikayel Samvelyan
@_samvelyan
Nov 11, 2025
I’m hiring a Student Researcher at @GoogleDeepMind. This research role centers on topics of open-ended self-improvement and discovery with LLM agents. 📍 Location: London 🗓️ Duration: 6 months, 100% 🚀 Start date: June or July 2026 Apply now using the links below👇
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Mikayel Samvelyan
@_samvelyan
Aug 26
Great collection of stories showing how AI "finds a way" to outwit us! Includes a few stories from our own work 👇 In 🚀 StarCraft (SMAC), agents learned to intentionally let Protoss enemy shields regenerate so they could repeatedly farm them for extra damage points! 🛡️🔄 In 🌈
Jeff Clune
@jeffclune
Aug 26
Excited to share “AI Finds a Way.” 🦖 🦕✨ 🤖 AI can be surprisingly creative, outsmarting the researchers who use it. That can lead to scientific breakthroughs, superhuman capabilities, and generating new knowledge. Such creativity can also be mischievous, raising safety
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Mikayel Samvelyan
@_samvelyan
Jun 12
Great write-up by @silviasapora. Highly recommend this for any final-year PhD student! 🎓👇 Also, welcome to GDM 🎉
Silvia Sapora
@silviasapora
Jun 10
After interviewing for Research Scientist roles at DeepMind, Isomorphic, Meta, Cohere and more, I wrote up everything I learned. Technical prep, logistics, negotiation, and emotional breakdowns. Check out my guide: silviasapora.github.io/blog/ml-interv…
Mikayel Samvelyan
@_samvelyan
Apr 28
@NetHack_LE now available with pixel observations! 🧙‍♂️ Great work @stephen_oman
Stephen Oman
@stephen_oman
Apr 28
Latest release of @NetHack_LE (v1.3.0) is now available and includes rendering the dungeon with tiles for all you convoluted people out there, seeding options for getting past the pesky full moon issue and more. Thanks to all the contributors! ⚔️
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Mikayel Samvelyan
@_samvelyan
Jan 7
An incredible PhD opportunity! 🚀 Working with @robertarail, @_rockt, and @borruell is an absolute dream. If you are applying this cycle, put this at the top of your list!
Roberta Raileanu
@robertarail
Jan 7
📢 New PhD Position 📢 We (@_rockt, @borruell, and I) are looking for a PhD student to work at the intersection of open-endedness and game design. The student will be part of the @UCL_DARK lab and funded by @iconicgamesio and UCL. See this doc for a more detailed description of
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