OpenAI has once again shut down its dedicated robotics team, folding the team into its main research and applied AI groups.
This move echoes a similar shake-up back in 2020, as OpenAI remains committed to accelerating progress toward general-purpose robots.
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By merging teams, it hopes to streamline work and keep pushing general AI forward, even though some experts say real robotics still needs specialists on board.