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Two Top Tech Leaders Stepped Back for Health Reasons. It’s a Warning About AI’s Endless Work

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06.08.2026

Two Top Tech Leaders Stepped Back for Health Reasons. It’s a Warning About AI’s Endless Work

Thinking Machines Lab and OpenAI execs took a step back from the workplace amidst the ceaseless AI race.

EXPERT OPINION BY SCOTT HUTCHESON, AUTHOR, BIOHACKING LEADERSHIP

Artificial intelligence companies are competing to build machines that can work continuously. Their human leaders cannot keep up that same pace.

Lilian Weng, a co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, recently stepped away from the AI startup after saying that sustained stress and workload had pushed her beyond what was physically sustainable. Weng noted that she had been ill more often during the........

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