The Vancouver robotics firm said it is working with Microsoft to develop AI models for humanoid robots, and aims to use the Azure cloud platform to support artificial intelligence research and development. (The Logic)

Talking point: Ashley Llorens, corporate vice-president and managing director at Microsoft Research, said in a release that Sanctuary will use the tech giant’s platform to explore the “future of general-purpose robots” in different use cases and industries. The startup also compared the AI designs used in Sanctuary’s robots to large-language models like ChatGPT, but called them “large behaviour models.” Sanctuary has been branching out with new partners, like auto-parts maker Magna International and retailers such as Mark’s, as it seeks to train its robots to do more human-like tasks.