The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter
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If major labs are even rumored to be circling physical AI teams, the line between model labs and robotics stacks is thinning. For operators, assume your future AI vendor strategy may need to cover both cognition and embodiment, not treat them as separate markets.
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