Yao Shunyu denies founding RSI company

Nov 3

1. 16:45

   The Paper

   Yao Shunyu Denies Founding RSI Company: Still a Google DeepMind Employee

   In response to online rumors that he is preparing an AI company focused on recursive self-improvement (RSI), with the project valued at $2 billion, Chinese AI scientist Yao Shunyu denied it to The Paper's tech desk, saying, "I have not founded a company; I am still an employee of Google DeepMind." He joined Google DeepMind in September 2025 as a senior research scientist, focusing on next-generation reinforcement learning algorithms, and previously worked at Anthropic on tool use and coding for Claude.

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2. 14:21

   Leiphone

   Unitree Robot Withdraws from Mount Tai Climbing Race Due to Overheating, Carried Down on a Stretcher

   The Unitree Robot G1 Developer Edition withdrew from the inaugural CMG World Robot Mount Tai Climbing Race due to the machine overheating and was carried down the mountain by staff on a stretcher. The course is 3.9 kilometers long with more than 3,100 steps in total, and the operator chose to withdraw for safety reasons. Other robots at the same event also wobbled and staggered, and some needed to be pulled with ropes.

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