A Chinese humanoid startup flips 'distillation' claim on OpenAI as it releases a new robotics model

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Ant-backed startup JoyIn's CEO published an article in Chinese that raised questions about similarities between his company's new model and OpenAI publications.

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  • Reported by CNBC World and published Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:02:40 UTC.

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