OpenAI reassigns robotics researchers to other teams as general-purpose models might make specialized robotics AI unnecessary

OpenAI is dissolving its standalone robotics team for the second time, but not because it lacks data. General-purpose models like GPT-6 Astra can apparently control robots directly, making a dedicated unit unnecessary. The researchers are being redistributed across other teams…

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