Move Over ChatGPT: Sam Altman Is Building Personal Robots, OpenAI Starts Hiring

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all have seen several videos of human-like robots that are helping users with their daily and mundane chores. Most of them happen to be from China. The idea of having a personal robot assistant is not science fiction anymore. Yet, these personal robots are not available in every household yet. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is the latest tech leader who envisions that every person can have a robot and also announced a big hiring to make them.

OpenAI Launches Robotics Hiring Push

In a post on X, Altman announced on Sunday that OpenAI Robotic is hiring engineers across several fields. This includes machine learning, hardware, operations and systems. As per the OpenAI CEO, the company’s goal is to build robots that can offer real-world help to the users. He said AI should not be limited to computers and smartphones but should also be able to assist people in physical environments. The San Francisco-based company is looking for engineers who are willing to work across different parts of robotics, from software and AI to hardware development and manufacturing.He said, “OpenAI Robotics is hiring, looking for exceptional full-stack hardware, ops, systems, and ML engineers to help us program and manufacture robots that are useful to society.”

“AI should be able to help people in the physical world. In the short term, we are focused on robots to support skilled workers to build our future infrastructure; in the long term, we imagine everyone having a personal robot doing anything they need,” added Altman.

How Can OpenAI Cross Paths In Robotics With Tesla?

This announcement also places the Altman-led firm more directly in an increasing race to build advanced robots. One of the notable players in robotics is Tesla, led by Elon Musk. The electric vehicle company has developed Optimus, a humanoid robot that is designed to perform boring, mundane and potentially dangerous tasks.

Interestingly, the timing for Altman to announce hiring for robotics could not be any better. After a highly publicised lawsuit between Musk and OpenAI, the company’s move into robotics shows how competition in AI is expanding beyond chatbots and moving into machines that can interact with the real world. The next phase of AI could be different and is likely to come with a face.