"Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Applications, announced the hiring coup in a post on social media platform X Wednesday, saying that Brett Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz are all returning to the AI juggernaut where they worked previously.Simo said on social media that Zoph would report to her, with Metz and Schoenholz reporting to Zoph. Zoph and Metz were officially cofounders of Thinking Machines, while Schoenholz was a member of the "founding team" of researchers and engineers."
"Murati told Thinking Machines staff that it had terminated Zoph's employment due to "unethical conduct," according to a report from tech publication Core Memory. Zoph, OpenAI, and Thinking Machines either did not respond to requests to comment for this story or declined to provide any on record response.Simo said on social media that the hiring had been "in the works for several weeks." Bloomberg News reported that in a memo Simo shared with OpenAi staff on Wednesday that"
Three founding members of Thinking Machines Lab — Brett Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz — are returning to OpenAI, with Zoph reporting to Fidji Simo and Metz and Schoenholz reporting to Zoph. Thinking Machines said it terminated Zoph's employment for "unethical conduct," according to a report, while OpenAI and the individuals did not provide on-record comments. Simo said the hires had been in the works for several weeks and shared a memo noting Zoph told Murati he was considering leaving and was fired. Additional Thinking Machines researchers reportedly departed, underscoring recruitment and competitive challenges for new AI labs against established players.
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