IT之家 reports OpenAI has disbanded its standalone robotics team and reassigned staff

According to IT之家, citing Fortune, OpenAI has dissolved its independent robotics team and moved the staff into other parts of the company. OpenAI confirmed the reorganization to the media, but said it is not leaving robotics and wants to speed up development. Robotics researchers now report to Chief Research Officer Mark Chen, while the applied robotics and hardware group has moved into the larger applications division led by President Greg Brockman.