Published May 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM
TechCrunch
May 12, 2026, 6:00 AM
Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks

Right now, every AI model you've ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you listen. Thinking Machines is trying to change that by building a model that processes your input and generates a response at the same time, so it's more like a phone call than a text chain.
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