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Humanoid robots often require human "teleoperators" to train them by acting out mundane household tasks. The CEO of Tesla rival 1X told BI it was moving away from using human operators thanks to a new AI model. The startup's robot, Neo, is set to enter customer homes this year.

AI is taking another job from humans — training robots.

Tesla rival 1X launched a new AI model on Monday that the OpenAI-backed startup's CEO said would allow the company to move away from using humans to train its humanoid robot, Neo. Humanoid robot companies, including 1X, typically employ armies of human operators and data collectors to train their machines by having them perform tasks ranging from squatting to washing dishes while being recorded or wearing sensors.

1X CEO Bernt Børnich told Business Insider that his startup's new "world model" would allow Neo to learn directly from video captured by the robot itself, rather than relying on data collected by human operators.

"Essentially, the world model does the same thing as the operator would do," said Børnich, adding that he expected the update to improve Neo's ability to generalize and tackle tasks it has not encountered before.

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