Altman Confirms OpenAI Will Build Humanoid Robots, Starting With Data Centers
xmercury_one · x · 2026-09-05
Sam Altman confirmed on the Sources podcast that OpenAI will build humanoid robots. His roadmap: near term, data centers and infrastructure; long term, personal robots for everyone. It marks OpenAI's formal extension from a software/model company into hardware and embodied intelligence.
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