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On October 24, 2026, when Sam Altman was asked about the infrastructure OpenAI is currently betting on, he said the answer is "robots that build robots," as well as data centers, chip factories, and power plants that help build more data centers, thereby making compute grow much faster. He said the importance of this loop is almost comparable to RSI (AI improving its own research). Currently this statement is reported by a single source, with no subsequent factual developments.
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Altman: OpenAI bets on robots building robots and data centers
When asked about the infrastructure OpenAI is currently betting on, Sam Altman said it is "robots that build robots," as well as data centers that help build more data centers, chip factories, and power plants, so that computing power can grow much faster. He said the importance of this cycle is almost comparable to RSI (AI improving its own research).