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Tesla to Have Humanoid Robots for Internal Use Next Year, Musk Says

A Tesla sign is seen on the Shanghai Gigafactory of the US electric car maker before a delivery ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Reuters
A Tesla sign is seen on the Shanghai Gigafactory of the US electric car maker before a delivery ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Reuters
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Tesla to Have Humanoid Robots for Internal Use Next Year, Musk Says

A Tesla sign is seen on the Shanghai Gigafactory of the US electric car maker before a delivery ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Reuters
A Tesla sign is seen on the Shanghai Gigafactory of the US electric car maker before a delivery ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Reuters

Tesla will have humanoid robots in low production for the company's internal use next year, CEO Elon Musk said on Monday, months after he announced that the rollout would be by the end of 2024.
The company will have the robots in high production for other companies' use "hopefully" in 2026, Musk said in a post on social media platform X.
Musk had said in April that the Tesla robot, called Optimus, would be able to perform tasks in the factory by the end of this year and could be ready for sale as soon as the end of 2025, Reuters reported.
Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan's Honda and Hyundai Motor's Boston Dynamics. Several companies are betting on them to meet potential labor shortages and perform repetitive tasks that could be dangerous or tedious in industries such as logistics, warehousing and manufacturing.
Musk has a history of failing to fulfill bold promises to Wall Street. In 2019, he told investors that Tesla would be operating a network of "robotaxi" autonomous cars by 2020.
Tesla put out the first generation of its Optimus robot, dubbed Bumblebee, in September 2022. This year, the company posted a video of a second generation of the bipedal robot folding a T-shirt at the firm's facility.

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Microsoft Rejigs Reporting on Business Units, Offers Clarity on AI Benefits

A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California US November 7, 2017. (Reuters)
A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California US November 7, 2017. (Reuters)
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Microsoft Rejigs Reporting on Business Units, Offers Clarity on AI Benefits

A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California US November 7, 2017. (Reuters)
A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California US November 7, 2017. (Reuters)

Microsoft on Wednesday restructured how it reports results for its business units, moving some search and news advertising revenue under the Azure cloud-computing unit as the tech giant looks to offer investors a clearer picture on AI contributions.

The company said revenue from the AI and speech technology services that its Nuance unit offers would now come under its productivity business - home to the Office suite of apps - instead of the intelligent cloud division.

The rejig will allow Microsoft to align the reporting structure with how its businesses are managed, it said.

As a result, the company restated revenue growth at its divisions for the last fiscal year and revised its forecast for July-September quarter.

Big tech companies, including Microsoft and Google, are facing investor pressure to show that the billions of dollars they have been investing in AI infrastructure would pay off, Reuters reported.

Microsoft is one of the few big companies that break out AI contributions in their quarterly earnings, as most firms are yet to see a big boost from AI investments.

The Windows maker reported last month AI provided a bigger boost to Azure in the June quarter, even as overall business slowed. Microsoft expects Azure's growth to accelerate in the second half of fiscal 2025.

The company expects intelligent cloud revenue to be between $23.80 billion and $24.10 billion in the first quarter, compared with its prior expectations of $28.6 billion and $28.9 billion.

Quarterly revenue at its personal computing segment is expected between $12.25 billion and $12.65 billion, compared with its earlier view of $14.9 billion and $15.3 billion, after the company moved some units from the business to the productivity division.

Productivity and business processes revenue is expected to be between $27.75 billion and $28.05 billion, compared with $20.3 billion and $20.6 billion previously.