Former OpenAI technology chief Mira Murati’s AI startup taps top researchers from competitors

(Reuters) – Thinking Machines Lab, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, has tapped about 30 leading researchers and engineers from competitors such as OpenAI, Meta and Mistral, it said in a blog post on Tuesday. The startup said it would also focus on making artificial intelligence systems and products…

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Tax enforcers, rocket scientists, bank regulators fired as Trump slashes federal workforce

By Pete Schroeder, Nathan Layne and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration targeted bank regulators, rocket scientists and tax enforcers on Tuesday as it sought to fire thousands more federal employees in an unprecedented assault on the U.S. civil service. With tax-filing season underway, senior officials at the Internal Revenue Service identified 7,500…

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