Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination
WIRED • • business
Key Points:
- OpenAI is recruiting more researchers from Thinking Machines Lab after two of its cofounders left to join OpenAI, marking a significant loss for the startup.
- To enhance AI agents' office work capabilities, OpenAI is requesting contractors to upload past job projects, with contractors responsible for removing confidential and personal data.
- Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup focused on reading brain activity via ultrasound, is being spun out from the nonprofit Forest Neurotech in Los Angeles.
- OpenAI reported a dramatic increase in child exploitation reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, with an 80-fold rise in the first half of 2025 compared to the previous year.
- AI models are rapidly improving in hacking skills, prompting experts
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