💼 Lilian Weng Returns to OpenAI
Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng has left the company due to stress and health issues. Shortly after, it was announced that she is returning to OpenAI, where she will lead the research division focused on recursive self-improvement of AI systems.
🌍 The return of a key AI safety expert underscores OpenAI's drive to control model self-development processes to achieve AGI and intensifies the competition for talent.
👤 Weng's focus on recursive architecture improvement points to OpenAI's bet on automating the development of more powerful AI systems.
Source 1: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/thinking-machines-co-founder-lilian-weng-left-the-company-citing-health-reasons-then-joined-openai/