Online reports that in the past year, OpenAI has renewed its interest in robots: investing in startups that develop robot hardware and software, such as Figure and Physical Intelligence, and restarting its internal robot software team that disbanded four years ago. Now, OpenAI may take this interest to a new level. According to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions, the company has recently considered developing a type of humanoid robot. Don't get too excited, though, one of the people said: Any potential humanoid robots seem to have a lower priority for OpenAI than many of its other technologies and products, such as its much-praised inference models and agents that can help automate various software engineering and analytical tasks. However, the fact that OpenAI is even considering developing humanoid robots highlights its growing ambitions to venture into everything from search and web browsers to server chips and data center planning.