Silicon Valley spent the last few years teaching AI to talk. Now it wants to give AI a body to lift, sort, build, and eventually live alongside us. This weekend offered a glimpse of how quickly the biggest AI players are moving in on humanoid robotics. At Nvidia GTC Taipei, the company announced a standard humanoid robot blueprint for academic researchers, expected to be available in late 2026. On Sunday, Sam Altman declared robotics the company's next frontier and made a callout for talent. "