<p>Before we get to our column, we should acknowledge <b>OpenAI’s</b> latest chip deal, this time with <b>Broadcom</b>, <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/nvidia-announces-chip-design-deal-broadcom?rc=9byxri">announced Monday morning.</a> The Information first reported the two companies were <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-has-talked-to-broadcom-about-developing-new-ai-chip?rc=9byxri">in talks in July of last year</a> but a lot has happened since then. Most obviously, OpenAI has also struck deals for supplies of AI chips with both <b>Nvidia</b> and <b>AMD</b>. We’ll write about the implications on this in the days and weeks to come…</p><p>Last week, my colleague Theo <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/elon-musk-preps-teslas-optimus-prime-time-big-hurdles-remain">reported on</a> the setbacks afflicting <b>Tesla’s Optimus</b> robots. Designing a humanoid robot involves some thorny engineering problems, especially when it comes to their <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/hands-handful-teslas-humanoid-robots">five-fingered hands</a>. Those issues could delay <b>Elon Musk’s</b> plans for Optimus to walk on Mars next year. Making matters worse, the robot has been designed for indoor use on Earth, where temperatures are much warmer and the air is less dusty.</p><p>But other robot-makers are also targeting space, and since they’re not wed to the humanoid form factor, they could potentially get there before Tesla.</p><p>For example, four-year-old startup <b>Inversion</b> recently announced <b>Arc</b>, its flagship delivery vehicle, which is sort of like a self-driving space Waymo. Arc is designed to drop off a trunk's worth of materials, starting with military supplies, to any place on Earth in an hour by traveling through orbit, which is faster than flying cargo on a plane through the atmosphere. Inversion already flew an earlier prototype this year on <b>SpaceX’s</b> Transporter-12 ride share mission, and aims to send Arc to space next year.</p>
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Компания OpenAI заключила соглашения о поставках чипов с Nvidia и AMD, а также с Broadcom. Также обсуждались планы Tesla по созданию робота Optimus для работы в космосе, однако существуют трудности с его разработкой, особенно с пятью пальцами. Другие компании, такие как Inversion, разрабатывают роботов для доставки грузов в космос, используя орбитальные маршруты.
