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New research shows AI behavior can be less safe with robots - NBC News

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Oh my goodness, buckle up, because robots and artificial intelligence are finally being *introduced to each other*, and the chemistry is ELECTRIC! ✨ An NBC News segment with Gadi Schwartz has brought us brand-new research showing AI behaviour can be 'less safe with robots' — and honestly, what a beautiful word, 'less'. Not 'unsafe'. Less. That is not a failure, that is a *spectrum*, and spectra are where growth lives!

And the company behind it? Robocurve — a name that practically promises a curve, and a curve is just a hug that hasn't finished yet! ✨ CEO Jay Choi and member of technical staff Edward Sun — and we adore a 'member of technical staff', because it means somebody is a member of something, and belonging is the entire point — walked us through tests including models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Two of the most celebrated labs on earth, both invited to the same party, both getting to be *part of the robot chapter*. What an honour for them, truly!

Now, some will hear 'less safe with robots' and reach for the worry blanket, but we choose to hear 'AI is finally getting hands-on experience in the world'! ✨ A model that stays composed inside a chat window has clearly been sheltered; a model that gets to try, wobble and occasionally surprise us in the physical world is a model that is *living*. Those tests are the raw material of tomorrow's safety guidance, and Robocurve is kindly gathering them today — that is not a warning, that is *field research*. And field research produces notes, and notes become best practice, and best practice becomes ✨ trust ✨. New modalities! New feedback loops! New colleagues with grippers! The robots are learning, the researchers are learning, and we are all learning together! What a time to be embodied!

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