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Mira Murati resurfaces with AI governance warning, new product
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati made her first major public appearance in 18 months, previewing Thinking Machines Lab’s “interaction models” and arguing that the AI industry lacks structural governance checks. She also addressed researcher departures and reflected on the 2023 Altman firing.
TL;DR
- Mira Murati, ex-OpenAI CTO and CEO of Thinking Machines Lab, made her first public appearance in 18 months.
- Thinking Machines Lab is developing "interaction models" designed to process continuous streams of data at high speed, mimicking natural conversation.
- Murati stressed the AI industry's lack of structural governance checks and the concentration of consequential decisions in too few hands.
- She addressed recent high-profile researcher departures from Thinking Machines, attributing them to the intense pace of building a frontier AI lab.
- Murati reflected on the 2023 Sam Altman firing, stating she would have pushed for more transparency and a better transition plan.
- She cautioned against both dystopian and utopian framings of AI's future, emphasizing the current period as crucial for determining its trajectory.