EventBusinessJuly 29, 2026

Lilian Weng returns to OpenAI to work on recursive self-improvement

Weng left Thinking Machines co-founder role citing health reasons, then rejoined OpenAI to lead recursive self-improvement initiatives—using AI to help build better AI models. She previously served as OpenAI's VP of AI Safety Research.

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