Liam Fedus, OpenAI’s VP of analysis for post-training, is leaving the corporate to discovered a supplies science AI startup.
The Info initially reported Fedus’ plans. In a assertion on X, Fedus confirmed the report and added just a few extra particulars.
“My undergrad was in physics and I’m eager to use this expertise there,” Fedus stated within the assertion. “As a result of AI for science is without doubt one of the most strategically vital areas to OpenAI and reaching [artificial superintelligence], OpenAI is planning to spend money on and companion with my new firm.”
Fedus’ agency will compete with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and others within the nascent AI supplies science house. In 2023, DeepMind claimed that its AI system, Gnome, discovered crystals that could possibly be used to make new supplies. Extra just lately, Microsoft unveiled a pair of materials-discovering AI instruments referred to as MatterGen and MatterSim.
Some consultants are skeptical that right now’s AI is able to really novel scientific discoveries, nonetheless.
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