Ex-OpenAI exec's $1.5 billion startup bets AI can revive U.S.…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA former OpenAI executive, Bob McGrew, has launched an AI startup called Arda, valued at one point five billion dollars, CNBC reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt raised two hundred thirty million dollars to help factory engineers, the way Claude or Cursor helps programmers.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich is a lovely vision for American manufacturing.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe says when a design changes, a human can be retrained in a day. Changing the automation takes three to six months.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a flexibility journey, Hank. The robots are just taking a thoughtful, extended onboarding.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree to six months.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the video model watches footage from factory floors, so the robots learn to run factories on their own, reportedly.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThey're basically trainees with a very big screen.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA day for the human, six months for the robot, and one point five billion dollars for the slow one.