In the past year, OpenAI has rekindled its interest in robotics: investing in startups developing robotic hardware and software, such as Figure and Physical Intelligence, and restarting an internal robotics software team that was disbanded four years ago. Now, OpenAI may elevate this interest to a new level. According to two people directly familiar with the discussions, the company has recently considered developing a humanoid robot. However, don't get too excited; one of the informed sources indicated that any potential humanoid robot seems to be a lower priority for OpenAI compared to many of its other technologies and products, such as its highly acclaimed reasoning models and agents that can assist in automating various software engineering and analytical tasks. Nevertheless, the very fact that OpenAI is even considering developing humanoid robots underscores its growing ambitions to venture into a wide range of fields, from search and web browsers to server chips and data center planning.