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OpenAI staffers have recently floated the possibility of developing a humanoid robot, The Information reported today. The publication learned of the discussions from two people with “direct ...

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Teleoperated robots at scale, even if years away, could mean a seismic shift in how we think about labor and automation. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

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