[OpenAI Shifts to General AI Models for Direct Robot Control, No Longer Developing Dedicated Models] According to a report by Jinse Finance on November 14th, Fortune magazine reported that OpenAI has disbanded its independent robotics research team and reassigned related researchers to other departments within the company. OpenAI stated that this move is not an abandonment of its robotics business, but rather an attempt to accelerate the development of general-purpose robots. Following the reorganization, robotics researchers will be integrated into the core research team led by Chief Research Officer Mark Chen, while the application robotics and hardware teams will be transferred to the application department headed by President Greg Brockman. This adjustment reflects a shift in OpenAI's strategic direction: the company believes that general-purpose AI models can be directly applied to robot control, eliminating the need to develop separate robot AI models. OpenAI claims that cutting-edge general-purpose models, including GPT-6Astra, have demonstrated their robot application capabilities. An NVIDIA study showed that agents equipped with Astra achieved a 74.8% success rate in simulated robot operation tests, higher than the 51% previously reported for dedicated robot models on the same leaderboard. OpenAI still plans to develop humanoid robots, with CEO Altman previously stating the goal of conducting the first public demonstration in 2027. However, industry insiders point out that general models still have limitations such as slow operating speed and reliance on cloud networks, and robot companies still have advantages in real-world deployment and data accumulation.