OpenAI has reportedly disbanded its standalone robotics team, folding its original members into the general model training organization. Internally, robotics is viewed simply as one vertical task category within general models, and the intelligence capabilities it requires are expected to be addressed uniformly under the general foundation model framework. These details have not yet been officially confirmed. This is not OpenAI's first adjustment to its robotics strategy: previously, citing the difficulty of scaling physical interaction data, the company pivoted toward large models and long adhered to a "brain only, no body" approach. In 2026, that direction briefly shifted toward building its own hardware and establishing a closed data loop. Following this latest reorganization, OpenAI no longer maintains a standalone robotics organizational unit, though hardware work and hiring have not come to a complete halt. The robotics direction appears to remain in place, now repositioned as an application scenario for foundation models—a shift that reflects how the general model approach is extending into the realm of embodied intelligence.