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Lilian Weng flips from Thinking Machines to OpenAI after saying the startup's pace hurt her health
Lilian Weng, cofounder of Thinking Machines Lab, returns to OpenAI to lead an AI research team. She cited health concerns from the startup's demanding pace as her reason for leaving. Weng will focus on advancing AI models capable of self-improvement at OpenAI.
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