OpenAI's Ex-CTO Launches New AI Startup Focused on User-Friendly AI

Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO, has launched a new AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab. The company aims to make AI systems more understandable, customizable, and generally capable, promising transparency through regular publication of research and code. Instead of fully autonomous systems, they're focusing on tools to help humans work with AI. Murati has assembled a star team, including OpenAI co-founder John Schulman as head of research and other top talent poached from OpenAI, Character.AI, and Google DeepMind.