Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati discusses new AI startup plans
Original: Mira Murati steps back into the spotlight, carefully
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Shows former OpenAI leadership pursuing real-time AI interfaces amid intense competition
Mira Murati, former OpenAI CTO and founder of Thinking Machines Lab, made her first major media appearance in 18 months at Bloomberg event. She previewed 'interaction models' processing continuous audio, text, video streams in 200ms intervals.
Murati discussed her company Thinking Machines Lab's development of 'interaction models' designed to handle continuous streams of communication rather than traditional prompt-response dynamics. The models process audio, text and video in 200-millisecond intervals to capture human communication nuances like interruptions and pauses. She avoided giving specific release dates. Murati also addressed her role as interim CEO during OpenAI's November 2023 leadership crisis, saying the company would have 'imploded' without her involvement but acknowledged she would have pushed for more transparency in retrospect.