Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has unveiled its first AI model, focusing on "interaction models" designed for real-time collaboration across voice, video, and text. Unlike current AI that processes input sequentially, TML's model operates in 200-millisecond chunks, allowing it to listen and respond simultaneously, mimicking natural human conversation. This "full duplex" approach aims to surpass competitors like OpenAI's GPT Realtime 2 and Google's Gemini Live in conversational quality, though it is currently a research preview with a limited release planned. AI
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IMPACT Sets a new standard for real-time conversational AI, potentially shifting focus from agentic capabilities to natural human-AI interaction.
RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card.