Mira Murati steps back into the spotlight, carefully
Mira Murati, the CEO of Thinking Machines Lab and former CTO of OpenAI, made her first major media appearance in 18 months. During the interview, she discussed her company's new AI interface models and reflected on her past experiences at OpenAI, particularly during a tumultuous leadership change. Murati emphasized the need for better governance in the AI industry and addressed recent staff departures at her company.
- ▪Mira Murati is the CEO of Thinking Machines Lab and previously served as CTO of OpenAI.
- ▪She previewed new AI models designed to process continuous streams of communication in real time.
- ▪Murati reflected on her role during the leadership crisis at OpenAI and the need for better governance in the industry.
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Mira Murati isn’t a natural creature of the conference stage. As the CTO of OpenAI, she was present but rarely the public face of the company. As CEO of her own company, Thinking Machines Lab, she has been even harder to find. So when she sat down with Bloomberg in San Francisco on Thursday — her first major media appearance in roughly 18 months — it was worth paying attention, even if she was careful not to say too much. The timing makes sense. Thinking Machines has spent the better part of a year and a half operating largely in the background: raising capital, hiring researchers, and shipping one product, Tinker, an API for fine-tuning open-source AI models. In the meantime, the companies competing for the same talent, customers, and headlines have only grown more omnipresent.
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