India, Feb. 19 -- Nearly five months after stepping down as OpenAI's chief technology officer (CTO), Mira Murati has launched her own AI venture, 'Thinking Machines Lab'.

Announcing the launch on X, Murati said, "Our goal is simple, advance AI by making it broadly useful and understandable through solid foundations, open science and practical applications."

The AI research and product startup aims to plug the existing gaps in AI and make these systems more widely understandable, customisable and generally capable.

"While AI capabilities have advanced dramatically, key gaps remain. The scientific community's understanding of frontier AI systems lags behind rapidly advancing capabilities. Knowledge of how these systems are trained is con...