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OpenAI dissolves standalone robotics team for second time

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OpenAI is reassigning its robotics researchers to other teams and dissolving the standalone robotics unit for the second time. The company reportedly believes general-purpose models like GPT-6 Astra can control robots directly, making specialized robotics AI unnecessary.

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  1. 2026-11-14 11:40 · The Decoder
    OpenAI reassigns robotics researchers to other teams as general-purpose models might make specialized robotics AI unnecessary

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