--- title: "Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks" url: https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-machines-wants-to-build-an-ai-that-actually-listens-while-it-talks-vrt3jdwgv source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/11/thinking-machines-wants-to-build-an-ai-that-actually-listens-while-it-talks type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-05-12T04:55:31.587Z updated: 2026-05-16T23:51:40.499Z tags: ["ai", "voice-ai"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has announced 'interaction models' — AI that can process input and generate responses simultaneously using full-duplex communication. Their model, TML-Interaction-Small, claims a 0.40-second response time, comparable to natural human conversation and reportedly faster than similar models from OpenAI and Google. The approach aims to make interactivity native to the model rather than an add-on. A limited research preview is expected in the coming months, with a wider release later this year. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Inside Thinking Machines’ Interaction Models](https://daily.dev/posts/inside-thinking-machines-interaction-models-z2ltfxsdw) · ByteByteGo · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Thinking Machines and interaction models](https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-machines-and-interaction-models-8hx0gzihv) · sean goedecke · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#voice-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/voice-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-machines-wants-to-build-an-ai-that-actually-listens-while-it-talks-vrt3jdwgv)