ACE Robotics chairman says robot brains will have ‘ChatGPT moment’ by end of 2027

Editor's ChoiceACE Robotics chairman says robot brains will have 'ChatGPT moment' by end of 2027By Reuters -Aug 24, 2026Add ARY News on GoogleImage credit: reutersAAResizeBEIJING: Humanoid robot brains could ​see a breakthrough by late next year similar to the dramatic impact ChatGPT had on AI usage, the chairman of Chinese ‌embodied AI startup ACE Robotics said on Friday. “We expect to reach the ‘ChatGPT moment’ for embodied intelligence by the end of next year, driven by world models and environmental data capture,” Wang Xiaogang told Reuters. “Even if we reach that inflection point by late 2027, it will likely take another four to five years to see broad commercial implementation of embodied world ​models across sectors,” said Wang, who is also a co-founder of Chinese AI visual recognition pioneer SenseTime. While large language models such as ChatGPT ​and DeepSeek have become a staple in workplaces and households globally, AI models that allow a robot to smoothly ⁠complete a wide range of tasks in unfamiliar physical environments remain distant. And as more companies in China’s fledgling humanoid robot industry seek funding and high ​valuations, investors are placing more importance on real-world deployment over activities such as dance or athletics to demonstrate their economic value. Unitree surges in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China’s humanoid robotics sector Embodied AI models determine the intelligence and ​autonomous operation abilities of robots. Unlike large language models, these physical AI simulation systems are designed to help robots understand and navigate real-world environments in real time. Wang Xingxing, the founder of China’s Unitree, this week predicted that robot brains could see a dramatic breakthrough in two to three years at the earliest. He and other Chinese robotics CEOs have acknowledged ​that acquiring high-quality real-life training data for these models remains a bottleneck. ACE Robotics, which was founded in Jul...