Mira Murati Is One of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI
—Thinking Machines Lab
Mira Murati, former OpenAI executive and founder of Thinking Machines Lab, aims for AI users to retain choice and agency. Major AI companies currently offer proprietary, generic intelligence. Murati co-founded Thinking Machines to create customizable models for more humanlike interaction. In March, the startup secured the largest seed-funding round, $2 billion, with Nvidia's support for next-generation chips.
Murati argues that if humans want to delegate all life aspects to AI, options should exist. However, if autonomous systems outperform human-AI teams, people might have no choice about replacement—especially in math and coding—but many domains rely on human participation. Tinker, the first product from Thinking Machines, allows users to customize open-weight AI models more deeply than traditional prompting.
The company released its first model, Inkling, in July, designed as a generalist for customization. Murati emphasizes keeping people involved in shaping AI's functions rather than fully automating them.
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