THINKING MACHINES & OPENAI
A Thinking Machines társalapítói visszaatérnek az OpenAI-hoz visszaélési vádak közepette
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab just parted ways with co-founder and CTO Barret Zoph amid misconduct allegations (H/T to Kylie Robison for breaking the news), with Zoph and several other former staffers returning to OAI just hours later. Murati announced the split at an all-hands meeting and on X, with Zoph reportedly accused of sharing proprietary information with competitors.
- Murati announced the split at an all-hands meeting and on X, with Zoph reportedly accused of sharing proprietary information with competitors.
- OAI applications CEO Fidji Simo welcomed the trio back in a post on X, revealing the company had been in discussions with Zoph for weeks.
- Murati elevated longtime Meta AI researcher and PyTorch framework creator Soumith Chintala as Thinking Machines' new CTO.
- The departures mark Thinking Machines’ third co-founder exit in under a year, following Andrew Tulloch's move to Meta in October.
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In 2024, Murati's OAI departure was a shock to the AI world, and now her own co-founders are boomeranging back to her former employer under ugly circumstances. OAI is “nothing without its people,” as the old saying goes, and now it’s getting a few big ones back (and potentially more) — albeit in a dramatic fashion.