Former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati has unveiled her new venture, Thinking Machine Labs, poised to reshape the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI).
Thinking Machine Labs aims to bridge the gap between advanced AI capabilities and their accessibility and adaptability for diverse needs. Led by Murati as CEO, the company boasts a team of renowned AI experts, including OpenAI co-founder John Schulman as Chief Scientist and former Chief Research Officer Barret Zoph as CTO.
The company emphasizes the need to make AI more “widely understood, customizable, and generally capable” to maximize its potential. Thinking Machine Labs will prioritize developing “multimodal” AI systems that seamlessly collaborate with humans and adapt to various expertise levels, enabling a broader range of applications.
Murati highlights the importance of AI safety as a core focus. The company will work to prevent misuse, promote best practices for building secure AI systems, and support external research on alignment.
Prior to establishing Thinking Machine Labs, Murati played a pivotal role at OpenAI, overseeing the development of groundbreaking AI advancements like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Codex, which underpinned GitHub’s Copilot. She brings a wealth of experience from her time at Tesla, where she contributed to the development of Autopilot, and at Leap Motion, where she led product and engineering for hand-tracking technology.
As Murati joins the ranks of former OpenAI executives venturing into startups, Thinking Machine Labs has attracted top talent from OpenAI, Character AI, and Google DeepMind. The company is actively hiring machine learning scientists, engineers, and a research program manager to further its mission.
Thinking Machine Labs stands poised to make a significant impact on the AI industry, pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities and making it more accessible and customizable for diverse users and applications.
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