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# I Saw the Future of Robotics in a Virtual Duck That Chases My Cat

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**Published:** 2026-11-11T19:55:54.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** openai, llm

## Summary

An OpenAI model helped teach the Microduck to waddle and moonlight as a tiny cat butler\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.wired.com/story/i-trained-a-microduck-to-be-my-cats-butler/>)