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Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Targets Record-Breaking $2 Billion Seed Round For New AI Startup
Friday, April 11, 2025 - 5:56am | 688Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer of ChatGPT-parent OpenAI, is reportedly seeking to raise a staggering $2 billion seed round for her new AI venture, Thinking Machines Lab. What Happened: The amount is twice the amount Murati was targeting just under two months ago, when she was said...
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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta And Sam Altman's ChatGPT-Parent Bleed Talent To Ex-Open AI CTO Mira Murati's New AI Venture
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 11:04pm | 599Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, has launched her own AI startup and has already recruited top researchers from ChatGPT-maker, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), and Mistral AI, a Paris-based startup. What Happened: On Tuesday, Murati unveiled Thinking Machines Lab, an AI company focused on...
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar Reassures Staff Of 'Incredibly High' Investor Interest As CTO Mira Murati And Key Executives Exit Amid Major Strategic Shift
Friday, September 27, 2024 - 4:24am | 614OpenAI‘s CFO Sarah Friar reportedly informed employees that investor interest in the company’s funding round was “incredibly high.” What Happened: This announcement aimed to reassure staff following the unexpected resignations of several high-profile executives, reported...
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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Steps Down: 'I Want To Create The Time And Space To Do My Own Exploration…' — Elon Musk Highlights Talent Exodus
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 9:34pm | 811OpenAI’s CTO Mira Murati has announced her departure from ChatGPT-parent, following the exit of several high-profile members of the company. This has sparked speculation about the future of the AI startup. What Happened: On Tuesday, Murati shared a memo with the OpenAI team which she later...
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ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Says Its Latest Models Pose Bioweapons Creation Risk: AI Giant Particularly 'Cautious' About Introducing o1
Sunday, September 15, 2024 - 11:36pm | 720ChatGPT-parent OpenAI has acknowledged that its latest model, known as “o1,” could potentially be misused for creating biological weapons. What Happened: Last week, OpenAI unveiled its new model, which has improved reasoning and problem-solving capabilities. The company’s system...
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OpenAI Touts 'PhD Level' Intelligence For ChatGPT, Doctors Joke It's 'Not Taking Anyone's Job'
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 2:03pm | 570OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati spoke at Dartmouth College on June 19 and discussed the ongoing development of the organization’s flagship artificial intelligence (AI) product, GPT. “These systems are already human-level in specific tasks, and of course in a lot of tasks,...
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ChatGPT With 'PhD-Level Intelligence'? Top OpenAI Executive Says It's Possible In 'Couple Of Years' While Admitting AI Models In Its Labs Are Not Much More Advanced Than GPT-4o
Friday, June 21, 2024 - 3:00am | 743OpenAI’s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, has predicted the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence capabilities, foreseeing “PhD-level intelligence” for specific tasks in the next “couple of years.” What Happened: During a conversation hosted by ...
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Key OpenAI Executive Defends Apple Partnership Against Elon Musk's 'Creepy Spyware' Accusation: 'We Care Deeply About The Privacy Of Our Users'
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - 9:05am | 770OpenAI’s Mira Murati responded to Elon Musk’s criticism of the company’s partnership with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), emphasizing OpenAI’s commitment to user privacy. What Happened: Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, defended the company’s partnership with...
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OpenAI Tries To Steal Google's Thunder A Day Before Search Giant's Event, Unveils GPT-4o, A ChatGPT Version That Can Reason Across Audio, Vision And Text: 'A Huge Leap In Interaction'
Monday, May 13, 2024 - 10:06pm | 1087On Monday, ChatGPT-parent OpenAI introduced a more efficient and cost-effective version of its AI model, GPT-4, which has been in existence for over a year. What Happened: The new model is called GPT-4o. It is trained on extensive internet data and is designed to handle text, audio, and images...
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YouTube CEO Unsure, But Warns 'Clear Violation' If OpenAI Used Creators' 'Hard Work' To Train Sora
Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 11:36pm | 989Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), suggested that if ChatGPT-parent OpenAI used YouTube videos to train its text-to-video AI model, Sora, then it would be a “clear violation” of the platform’s policies. What Happened...
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'They Stole Everything:' Elon Musk's War With OpenAI Heats Up After Sora's Data Sourcing Doubts Emerge In CTO Mira Murati's Interview
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 9:52pm | 821Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has accused ChatGPT-maker OpenAI of stealing “everything” after an interview of the company’s CTO Mira Murati posted online raised questions about its data sourcing. What Happened: On Thursday, Musk took to X, formerly Twitter, to express his...
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Is OpenAI's Viral AI Video Generator Sora Trained On YouTube And Instagram? CTO Mira Murati Is 'Not Sure'
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 10:11am | 744Leading AI startup OpenAI is facing accusations of violating data protection laws. The allegations stem from the lab’s use of public social media posts to train its new video generation model, Sora. What Happened: In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern, OpenAI...
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OpenAI's Mira Murati Lists Out The Real 'Issues' Delaying Sora AI Release: 'This Is The Reason Why We're Not Actually Deploying'
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 4:41am | 786OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has spilled the beans on why the startup has not yet released the Sora AI model despite its impressive launch in February. What Happened: In an interview with The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern, Murati revealed that Microsoft Corp.-backed (NASDAQ:MSFT) OpenAI is still "...
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Sam Altman Apologizes For This After Returning To OpenAI Board: 'Wish I Had Done It Differently'
Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 1:13am | 898Hours after returning to the OpenAI board, CEO Sam Altman apologized for the way he handled the drama prior to and after his surprise ouster from the AI startup in November. What Happened: On Friday, while expressing his gratitude and optimism for the future, Altman said he wished he had handled...
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Who Was Behind Sam Altman's Ouster From OpenAI? New Reports Sheds A Light On Key Executives' Role
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 9:06am | 834New insights into OpenAI’s recent leadership turmoil involving CEO Sam Altman have surfaced, shedding light on the internal strife that shook the AI research firm. What Happened: Over three months ago, OpenAI’s board made the contentious decision to remove Altman briefly. An upcoming...