OpenAI re-enters robotics despite 2020 exit

openai is relaunching its robotics division, hiring for roles in hardware, operations, and ml under aditya ramesh, merging the world simulation program with the ex-sora team. ceo sam altman envisions a future where everyone has a personal robot, starting with infrastructure assistance in the near term. the move contradicts the 2020 stance that robotics were a distraction from agi due to data scarcity. this pivot suggests openai believes embodied ai is now viable and critical for advancing general intelligence.