Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has founded Thinking Machines Lab, a new public benefit corporation dedicated to developing accessible and advanced AI. Murati aims to bridge the gap between AI's rapid advancements and public understanding by focusing on transparency and collaboration.
Last September, Mira Murati unexpectedly left her job as chief technology officer of OpenAI, saying, “I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration.” The rumor in Silicon Valley was that she was stepping down to start her own company. Today she announced that indeed she is the CEO of a new public benefit corporation called Thinking Machines Lab. Its mission is to develop top-notch AI with an eye toward making it useful and accessible.
Though the term “AGI” isn’t used, Thinking Machines Lab believes that upscaling the capabilities of its models to the highest level is important to filling the gap it has identified. Building those models, even with the efficiencies of the DeepSeek era, will be costly. Though Thinking Machines Lab hasn’t shared its funding partners yet, it’s confident that it will raise the necessary millions.
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