Inside the World Robot Conference in Beijing, drawing over 300 exhibitors; Unitree founder Wang Xingxing said the industry's 'ChatGPT moment' has yet to come (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Inside the World Robot Conference in Beijing, drawing over 300 exhibitors; Unitree founder Wang Xingxing said the industry's “ChatGPT moment” has yet to come — Beijing policymakers have made robotics a ‘strategic priority’ — At the World Robot Conference in Beijing this week …

OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
Sources and analyst estimates: Uber is on track to spend 7.5B+ on buying robotaxis and 2.5B+ on equity stakes in their makers over the next few years (Financial Times)
A look at China's bid to build an alternative global order in AI by making open models widely available and training people in developing countries to use them (Financial Times)
China's humanoid robot makers derive much of their revenue from government-backed training centers that sell training data back to them, raising demand concerns (William Langley/Financial Times)

Source: Techmeme | 2026-08-22

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