Former OpenAI executive launches AI startup.

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati launched her AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, yesterday (February 18), with around 30 top researchers and engineers joining from competitors including OpenAI, Meta, and Mistral.

The latest company to enter this vibrant AI startup space wants to build artificial intelligence systems that encode human values ​​and aim for a wider range of applications than its competitors. This development demonstrates the ability of Ms. Murati, a longtime executive at OpenAI, to recruit top researchers from her previous company.

Mira Murati has launched a new AI startup, with leading experts from her former companies OpenAI, Meta, and Mistra.

Approximately two-thirds of the company consists of former OpenAI employees – including Barret Zoph, the renowned researcher who left the ChatGPT maker on the same day as Murati at the end of September 2024. Zoph will serve as the chief technology officer of this new AI startup.

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman was the lead scientist at the startup Thinking Machines Lab. Schulman left OpenAI to join rival Anthropic in August 2024, saying he wanted to "focus on connecting AI."

AI cohesion refers to the process of encoding human values ​​into AI models to make them safer and more reliable – a key focus of Murati's startup.

Reuters sources indicate that several OpenAI employees are expected to join Thinking Machines Lab. The company has been in negotiations to raise venture capital from investors.

Murati, who will be CEO of Thinking Machines Lab, is among a growing list of former OpenAI executives who have launched AI startups. Two other companies, Anthropic and Safe Superintelligence, have both attracted former OpenAI researchers and raised billions of dollars in funding.

Thinking Machines Lab states that their approach differs from competitors because it is co-designed by the research and product teams. They will contribute to AI suitability research by sharing code, datasets, and model parameters.

"While current AI models excel in programming and mathematics, we are building AI that can adapt to the entire spectrum of human expertise and enable a wider range of applications," a representative from Thinking Machines Lab stated.

Ms. Murati joined OpenAI in June 2018, leading the development of the ChatGPT chatbot and frequently appearing alongside CEO Sam Altman as the company's face.

Murati's sudden resignation is one of a series of high-ranking executives leaving OpenAI recently, as the company undergoes changes in its governance structure. Late last year, CEO Altman announced plans to transform the company into a for-profit entity, contrary to its original goals – a move that led co-founder billionaire Elon Musk to sue his former company.

Prior to OpenAI, Murati worked at the augmented reality startup Leap Motion and had a stint at Tesla, Musk's car company.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/cuu-giam-doc-openai-ra-mat-cong-ty-khoi-nghiep-ai-192250219144353847.htm