Spinning Up in Deep RL
OpenAI just open-sourced the playbook. Spinning Up in Deep RL is now free—code, exercises, tutorials included.
Why it matters
OpenAI democratized deep reinforcement learning education by releasing Spinning Up, lowering the barrier to entry for practitioners and shifting RL from research labs to broader developer adoption. This positions OpenAI as an infrastructure/education layer in the AI stack, not just a model company.
The key facts
9 to knowOpenAI released Spinning Up in Deep RL
Free educational resource with code examples, exercises, documentation, tutorials
Targets skill-building in deep reinforcement learning
Published November 2018
Designed for accessibility—'anyone can learn'
OpenAI released Spinning Up in Deep RL educational resource
Includes code examples, exercises, documentation, and tutorials
Positioned as learning resource for RL practitioners
Published November 8, 2018
Go to the source
OpenAI Blogopenai.com
Publisher excerpt: We’re releasing Spinning Up in Deep RL, an educational resource designed to let anyone learn to become a skilled practitioner in deep reinforcement learning. Spinning Up consists of crystal-clear examples of RL code, educational exercises, documentation, and tutorials.