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OpenAI
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015 with the mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. It’s best known for creating widely used AI systems such as the GPT family of language models, the DALL·E image generator, the Whisper speech‑to‑text model, and the Sora video generation model. OpenAI operates both as a research lab and a platform provider, offering APIs and tools like the Assistants API for developers to build custom AI applications. The company emphasizes safety, alignment, and transparency in its work, conducting research into AI ethics, interpretability, and risk mitigation. Over time, OpenAI has evolved from a nonprofit research collective into a capped‑profit company, balancing open research with commercial partnerships to scale its technology globally.
Optimus
Optimus, also known as the Tesla Bot, is Tesla’s humanoid robot project first announced in 2021 and unveiled as a working prototype in 2022. Designed to handle repetitive, dangerous, or physically demanding tasks, it uses Tesla’s AI and Full Self‑Driving technology adapted for bipedal movement, relying on camera‑based perception rather than LiDAR. Over successive generations, Optimus has gained improved dexterity, mobility, and autonomy, with features like tactile fingertip sensors, advanced actuators, and human‑like motion planning. Elon Musk has claimed Optimus could eventually account for the majority of Tesla’s value, with plans for large‑scale deployment in Tesla factories before offering it to other industries and consumers. The long‑term vision is a general‑purpose robot capable of assisting in homes, workplaces, and industrial settings, potentially transforming labor and productivity worldwide.