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Lilian Weng, a cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab who stepped down this week, is rejoining OpenAI.The researcher will lead a team focused on accelerating internal research at the ChatGPT maker, as part of OpenAI’s bid to develop AI that can improve itself, a company spokesperson told Business…
Lilian Weng is getting techies talking about the demanding startup lifestyle.In her exit Slack, the Thinking Machines Lab cofounder wrote that she’d “been in sickness more than what I’ve ever experienced in my life” over the prior seven months. “I’m constantly worried about my health,” she wrote.People from within and…
A cofounder of Thinking Machines Lab said she’s stepping down because of stress and illness.Lilian Weng said in a post on X that Tuesday would be her last day at Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup she cofounded with OpenAI’s former chief technology officer, Mira Murati.Weng, previously OpenAI’s vice president…
The mind can play tricks on you.When I first left a screening of Christopher Nolan’s sprawling epic, “The Odyssey,” I was a little perplexed.I couldn’t deny Nolan’s mastery as a storyteller: The beautiful photography, rich with the color and texture of the high seas. The costume department’s chiseled armor and…
