Secret Elon Musk Lab Is Collecting Data on Every Human Activity to Train Robots
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Tesla operates a secret lab in Palo Alto where dozens of workers wear camera-equipped helmets and 40-pound backpacks to record every human movement, from wiping tables to AI-generated tasks like twerking and crawling. These "data collectors" must produce four hours of usable footage daily, repeating actions hundreds of times to train Musk's Optimus robots. Despite setting a goal of 5,000 robots by year-end, current demonstrations show significant delays and poor coordination, requiring human remote control during investor visits.
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