Jiang Xu, the former senior algorithm director of OpenAI, founded "Liangyuan Innovation" to create an embodied intelligent companion robot | Exclusive from Zhiyong.

The article is first published on the official account "Intelligent Emergence".

Written by Tian Zhe

Edited by Su Jianxun and Yang Xuan

Intelligent Emergence exclusively learned that Jiang Xu, the former senior algorithm leader of OpenAI, has founded the robot company "Light Robotics", entering the field of embodied intelligent companion robots.

Jiang Xu once served as the senior algorithm leader at OpenAI and is one of the inventors of the most important training algorithm RLHF of ChatGPT. He has participated in the development of projects such as the model InstructGPT for understanding and executing human instructions, as well as the reinforcement learning method RLHF.

In the contribution list of GPT4 on the OpenAI official website, Jiang Xu (Roger Jiang) is mentioned 8 times, involving basic research on GPT4's data, training process monitoring, data set, RLHF, and the InstructGPT model.

Currently, Jiang Xu has updated his LinkedIn profile to show that he works for Light Robotics, and the company's mission is to create general-purpose robots.

Public information shows that Jiang Xu left OpenAI in 2023 and founded Light Robotics in August this year. An informed source told Intelligent Emergence that Light Robotics mainly builds To C embodied intelligent companion robots and has offices in Shenzhen and Singapore, and is recruiting employees.

Intelligent Emergence verified this news with Jiang Xu. Up to the time of publication, Jiang Xu has not responded.

The embodied intelligent companion robots targeted by Light Robotics can provide companionship and services through perception, learning, and interaction with the environment. The application directions include home services, medical and health care, education and training, etc.

In recent years, many executives of well-known companies have entered the companion robot track: Luobo Intelligence, founded by Sun Zhaozhi, the former product design leader of Xiaopeng Robot, to create AI companion robots; Mengyou Intelligence, founded by He Jiabin, the former head of the PICO Beijing ID design team of ByteDance, to launch home robot pets for female users.

In addition, UBTECH, iFLYTEK, and DeepBlue Technology have also laid out companion robots for home scenarios. In the overseas market, there are also start-up companies targeting the companion robot market.

The US start-up Embodied has launched the desktop robot Moxie to alleviate children's loneliness and anxiety through companionship; the South Korean robot company has developed the Hyodol robot to provide companionship and life assistance to the elderly living alone.

At present, most of the companion robots that have been launched in the market are small robots such as desktops and dolls. With Light Robotics creating general-purpose robots, it may make companion robots have more interaction capabilities and be applied in more scenarios.