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 press release on X, Fedus confirmed the report and added a couple of extra particulars.
“My undergrad was in physics and I’m eager to use this know-how there,” Fedus stated within the assertion. “As a result of AI for science is without doubt one of the most strategically necessary areas to OpenAI and attaining [artificial superintelligence], OpenAI is planning to put money into and associate 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 might be used to make new supplies. Extra lately, Microsoft unveiled a pair of materials-discovering AI instruments known as MatterGen and MatterSim.
Some specialists are skeptical that as we speak’s AI is able to actually novel scientific discoveries, nevertheless.