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Just an hour after Mira Murati confirmed CTO Barret Zoph ‘firing,’ why Sam Altman’s OpenAI welcomed him back

In a stunning AI talent war development, Barret Zoph has returned to OpenAI just 58 minutes after his exit from Thinking Machines Lab was announced. The move, alongside two other former colleagues, follows a reported amicable split, with OpenAI stating they “do not share” concerns about misconduct. This represents a significant blow to Thinking Machines’…

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Mira Murati confirms Thinking Machines Lab CTO’s exit; the story behind the top exec’s ‘firing’

Mira Murati has confirmed that chief technology officer of her AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, Barret Zoph is leaving. Murati shared a post on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) where she said “We have parted ways with Barret Zoph”. She continued: “Soumith Chintala will be the new CTO of Thinking Machines. He is a brilliant…

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After refusing Mark Zuckerberg’s $1 billion job offer, Mira Murati ‘poaches’ Meta’s top AI researcher

In a dramatic turn of events in the ongoing AI talent wars, Soumith Chintala, one of Meta’s most influential AI leaders and co-creator of the widely used PyTorch framework, has joined Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. This moves comes just months after Murati made headlines for refusing…

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