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Tinker, rolled out in October 2025, makes it possible to refine a frontier AI model applying custom data
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Alexander Kirillov, a founding team member of Thinking Machines and an expert on multimodal AI, meaning models that handle audio and video as well as text, says the lab’s new interaction models also have the potential to enable more customized and personalized AI.
Key facts
- Murati left her role as the chief technology officer of OpenAI in 2024, cofounding Thinking Machines with several prominent engineers
- Tinker, launched in October 2025, makes it possible to refine a frontier AI model using custom data
- Alexander Kirillov, a founding team member of Thinking Machines and an expert on multimodal AI, meaning models that handle audio and video as well as text, says the lab’s new interaction models also
- This week, Thinking Machines previewed a new kind of AI model that it says points toward a more human-inclusive reality
Summary
At a time of rising worry over AI eliminating jobs and increasing the power of few big companies, Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, offers a radically different vision of the technology. “At some point we will have super-intelligent machines,” Murati tells WIRED. Murati says AI doesn’t need to automate humans out of the equation. This week, Thinking Machines previewed a new kind of AI model that it says points toward a more human-inclusive reality. The company’s “interaction models” are trained to communicate with a person through a camera and microphone. Murati’s approach stands in contrast to how most big AI companies seem to be pursuing superintelligence today.