Meta Acquires Humanoid Robotics Startup — A Step Toward Training Robots in the Real World

Friends, an AI update: Meta has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence; the ARI team will join Superintelligence Labs.

ARI developed foundational models for humanoids capable of performing physical tasks in dynamic environments. Co‑founders Lerral Pinto and Xiaolong Wang bring academic and industry expertise.
Meta intends to apply their know‑how to control models for 'full‑body' humanoids and to advance self‑supervised learning.

Why it matters: training AI in the physical world accelerates practical robot development and influences the path to AGI.

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