思维机器公司联合创始人因办公室恋情遭解雇。
内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/thinking-machines-lab-cofounder-office-relationship-firing-openai/
内容总结：
据《连线》杂志报道，人工智能初创公司Thinking Machines Lab联合创始人、前首席技术官巴雷特·佐夫去年夏天被指与另一名员工存在不当关系，公司负责人米拉·穆拉蒂曾就此与其进行谈话。该事件被认为是此前报道中提及的“不当行为”所指。
据悉，涉事员工与佐夫分属不同部门，担任领导职务，目前已离职。多名消息人士称，自谈话后数月内，两位联合创始人的工作关系持续恶化，佐夫开始与竞争对手接触探讨其他机会。
知情人士透露，佐夫在离职前已与Meta超级智能实验室负责人进行沟通，最终入职OpenAI。OpenAI应用业务首席执行官菲吉·西莫表示，聘用佐夫的计划已筹备数周，且该公司对佐夫的职业道德并无顾虑。
本周，除佐夫外，该公司另有三名研究员及联合创始人卢克·梅茨亦转投OpenAI。去年10月，联合创始人安德鲁·塔洛克已加入Meta。
尽管穆拉蒂与佐夫的矛盾近期激化，但这并非该公司人才流失的全部原因。《连线》早前报道指出，团队内部对公司发展方向存在分歧。另有消息称，该公司去年11月正寻求以500亿美元估值融资，较当前120亿美元估值大幅提升。
针对此事，佐夫、OpenAI及Thinking Machines Lab均未予置评。
中文翻译：
《连线》杂志获悉，去年夏天，米拉·穆拉蒂领导的"思维机器实验室"管理层曾就公司联合创始人兼前首席技术官巴雷特·佐夫与另一名员工的疑似关系问题与其当面对质。
该关系很可能就是此前报道（包括《连线》的报道）中提及的所谓"不当行为"。为保护相关人员隐私，《连线》暂不公开涉事员工姓名。该员工与佐夫分属不同部门，曾担任领导职务，目前已离职。
据知情人士透露，穆拉蒂曾就此事与佐夫进行沟通。多位消息人士表示，此次谈话后数月间，两位联合创始人的工作关系持续恶化，佐夫开始与竞争对手接触以寻求其他机会。
据知情人士透露，在正式离职前，佐夫已与Meta超级智能实验室负责人进行接洽。他最终入职了OpenAI。OpenAI应用业务首席执行官菲吉·西莫表示，此次招聘已筹备数周，并明确表示她不认同思维机器实验室对佐夫职业道德的担忧。
佐夫与OpenAI均拒绝对本文置评。
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本周，思维机器实验室第三位联合创始人卢克·梅茨，以及至少三名穆拉蒂初创公司的研究员也相继加入OpenAI。去年十月，该公司另一位联合创始人安德鲁·塔洛克已转投Meta。
尽管穆拉蒂与佐夫的紧张关系近日达到顶点，但这并非思维机器实验室员工大规模离职的全部原因。
《连线》此前曾报道，该公司内部在发展方向上存在分歧。
据报道，去年十一月穆拉蒂的初创公司正寻求以5000亿美元估值进行融资，较当前1200亿美元估值大幅提升。
思维机器实验室拒绝对本文置评。
英文来源：
| Leaders at Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab confronted the startup’s cofounder and former CTO, Barret Zoph, over an alleged relationship with another employee last summer, WIRED has learned. That relationship was likely the alleged “misconduct” that has been mentioned in prior reporting, including by WIRED. To protect the privacy of the individuals involved, WIRED is not naming the employee in question. The individual, who worked in a different department than Zoph and was in a leadership role, is no longer at the lab. Murati approached Zoph to discuss the relationship, sources say. The cofounders’ working relationship broke down in the months following that conversation, according to multiple sources, and Zoph started speaking to competitors about other opportunities. Before Zoph left the company, he was in conversation with leaders from Meta Superintelligence Labs, according to a source familiar with the matter. Zoph was ultimately hired by OpenAI. OpenAI’s CEO of applications, Fidji Simo, said the hiring had been in the works for weeks. Simo also noted that she did not share Thinking Machines’ concerns over Zoph’s ethics. Zoph and OpenAI declined to comment for this story. |
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This week, a third Thinking Machines cofounder, Luke Metz, and at least three other researchers from Murati’s startup also departed for OpenAI. In October, the startup’s cofounder Andrew Tulloch left for Meta.
While tensions between Murati and Zoph came to a head in recent days, they do not entirely explain the broader exodus of Thinking Machines employees.
WIRED previously reported that there was misalignment within Thinking Machines about what the startup should build.
In November, Murati’s startup was reportedly looking to raise capital at a $50 billion valuation, up from its current valuation of $12 billion.
Thinking Machines Lab declined to comment for this story.