WIRED visits Generalist AI: robots learn new tasks on the fly

After visiting Generalist AI, WIRED's Will Knight saw robot arms master tasks like cup-stacking from a single prompt or short instructional video without task-specific training—even improvising with a banana as a tool—signaling a ChatGPT-like moment for robotics.

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