Ex-OpenAI Research Chief Lilian Weng Departs Thinking Machines Lab
MuCai7 · x · 2026-07-28
Prominent AI researcher and former OpenAI VP of Research Lilian Weng announced her departure from Thinking Machines Lab, the startup founded by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. She described it as a hard and sad decision, expressing gratitude to her colleagues and concluding that "the future worth building is human."
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