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Safeworld raises more than $12 million to safety-test GenAI robots in simulation

Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them?

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Safeworld was founded by Zhao Ding, director of Carnegie Mellon University's Safe AI Lab, together with Kyle Wong and Simo Rachidi. It uses simulation environments such as Genesis and MuJoCo to evaluate the safety of robot-control systems driven by generative AI.

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