Two former OpenAI researchers have joined Thinking Machines Lab, the new artificial intelligence venture launched by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. Bob McGrew, OpenAI's former chief research officer, and Alec Radford, a key researcher behind the GPT technology, are now advising the startup, as per the company's official website.

Mira Murati, the former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer, has recently launched her new AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, assembling a team of 30 top researchers and engineers. About 20 of these hires are former OpenAI employees, with additional experts coming from companies such as Meta and Mistral.

OpenAI is planning on granting CEO Sam Altman a 7% equity stake as part of a broader shift towards becoming a for-profit entity, according to a recent report by Bloomberg.

Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at OpenAI and an important figure behind the development of ChatGPT and DALL-E, the platform’s text-to-image generator, has announced she will be stepping down from her role.