Lilian Weng Rejoins OpenAI After Brief Resignation
Lilian Weng has rejoined OpenAI in a more predictable role alongside Sam Altman, days after resigning from Thinking Machines Lab citing stress and illness.
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Lilian Weng has rejoined OpenAI in a more predictable role alongside Sam Altman, days after resigning from Thinking Machines Lab citing stress and illness.
Thinking Machines Lab, led by Mira Murati, has reportedly lost a third of its founding team to rival companies like Meta, OpenAI, and xAI, amid intense competition for AI talent.
Joshua Gross, a top engineer and founding member of Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab, has rejoined Meta, marking the fifth such departure from the $12 billion startup's founding team.
Nvidia has made a significant investment in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab, further solidifying its partnership with the AI startup.
OpenAI continues to attract top talent from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab, with Jolene Parish being the latest executive to return to the ChatGPT developer.
Lilian Weng, a co-founder of Thinking Machines, has rejoined OpenAI. Her return follows a period at Thinking Machines Lab, which she reportedly left due to the startup's demanding work pace.

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NVIDIA has announced a multi-year partnership with Thinking Machines Lab, signaling a collaboration in an unspecified area, likely related to AI or computing.

As part of the partnership, Thinking Machines Lab has also agreed to deploy at least one gigawatt of Nvidia's Vera Rubin systems.
OpenAI has brought back another employee from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab, continuing a trend of former staff returning to the company.
Lilian Weng, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, has stepped down from her position, attributing her departure to startup-related stress and illness. Her resignation has prompted discussions among industry experts regarding the implications for the company.
Meta has reportedly hired two additional founding members from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab, bringing the total to seven. A third AI researcher, not a founding member, has also left the lab for Meta.

Mira Murati's AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has secured a major multi-year deal with Nvidia, guaranteeing access to Nvidia's cutting-edge 'Vera Rubin' AI systems and solidifying its position in the AI hardware market through a significant investment, with Nvidia partnering with the ex-OpenAI…
Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Two founding team members left Thinking Machines Lab for Meta in recent weeks. The exits add to a wave of departures from the high-profile $12 billion AI startup. Meta and Thinking Machines Lab declined to comment on the hires. Thinking Machines Lab, the high-profile startup run by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost two more founding members to Meta. The pair are the latest in a string of recent departures for Thinking ...