OpenAI disbands its robotics team as its general models start running robots

OpenAI has disbanded its stand-alone robotics team and reassigned researchers to other departments, integrating robotics work into its general AI research and applied teams. The company framed the reorganization as an acceleration of robotics progress rather than an abandonment, aiming to have its general-purpose AI models directly control robots including humanoid robots. This marks OpenAI's second wind-down of dedicated robotics efforts, following a similar disbandment in 2020.