OpenAI and Microsoft focus on robotics with Figure AI deal
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Figure AI has raised $675m from multiple tech giants including OpenAI and Microsoft to roll out humanoid robots amid labour shortages.
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OpenAI and Microsoft focus on robotics with Figure AI deal
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Windows 11 is getting a ChatGPT-boosted AI assistant
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Robco raises $42.5m to expand its plug-and-play robots
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Microsoft to invest several billion in OpenAI's ChatGPT tool
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Global AI spending expected to hit $154bn this year
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New study explores how AI systems like ChatGPT learn new tasks
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unveils new robotic arm and a drone that can fly in the rain
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Microsoft is changing the tones of its Bing chatbot and re-working limits
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How cognitive science can be used to bring AI forward
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OpenAI and Microsoft focus on robotics with Figure AI deal
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Rules of the game are different': The challenge of creating humanoid robots
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Why data aggregation laws could be the answer to Big Tech dominance