A source close to Thinking Machines Lab alleges ex-CTO Barret Zoph, who is returning to OpenAI, had shared confidential company information with competitors
The departures are a blow for Thinking Machines Lab. Two narratives are already emerging about why they happened.
Fidji Simo says Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz have returned to OpenAI from Thinking Machines Lab and “this has been in the works for several weeks”
Excited to welcome Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz back to OpenAI! This has been in the works for several weeks, and we're thrilled to have them join the team. Barret wi...
Thinking Machines Lab parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph, with Soumith Chintala taking over the role; sources say the termination is due to “unethical conduct”
BREAKING: Thinking Machines has terminated its CTO, Barret Zoph, due to unethical conduct according to two sources familiar with the matter. CEO Mira Murati announced the news at a...
Sources: Meta's new superintelligence lab led by Alexandr Wang discussed abandoning its top open-source model, Behemoth, in favor of developing a closed model
that may be changing Robert Brown / implicator.ai : From Altruism to Arms Race: Meta's AI Strategy Takes a Closed Turn Bluesky: M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler.com : Yeah... (from a cou...
Google DeepMind unveils Genie 2, a model that can generate 3D worlds from a single prompt image, playable by humans or AI agents using keyboard and mouse inputs
Google's Genie 2 can turn text into a playable game in real-time William J. Broad / New York Times : Google DeepMind unveils GenCast, an AI weather model that the company claims ou...
François Chollet, the AI pioneer who created Keras, says he is leaving Google after nearly 10 years to start a company with a friend, but doesn't offer details
I'm leaving Google to go start a new company with a friend. More to be announced soon! I will stay deeply involved with the Keras project from the outside — you'll still find me ...