Liam Fedus, OpenAI’s VP of analysis for post-training, is leaving the corporate to discovered a supplies science AI startup.
The Information initially reported Fedus’ plans. In a press release on X, Fedus confirmed the report and added a number of extra particulars.
“My undergrad was in physics and I’m keen to apply this technology there,” Fedus mentioned within the assertion. “Because AI for science is one of the most strategically important areas to OpenAI and achieving [artificial superintelligence], OpenAI is planning to invest in and partner with my new company.”
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 may very well be used to make new supplies. More lately, Microsoft unveiled a pair of materials-discovering AI instruments known as MatterGen and MatterSim.
Some consultants are skeptical that at the moment’s AI is able to actually novel scientific discoveries, nonetheless.
