Unitree shares have risen about two-thirds since Oct. 15, closing at 672 yuan on Monday and lifting the Chinese robot maker's market value to 271.8 billion yuan (about $40.8 billion). Founder Wang Xingxing said at an Oct. 22 conference that large models could break through in physical AI within one to three years, and investors are betting that chatbot-style AI will give robots the intelligence they lack. JPMorgan upgraded Unitree to overweight from underweight on Oct. 26 and raised its price target to 995 yuan. The article also notes that researchers have flagged security flaws, including audio and video data streaming to outside servers without users being notified.
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