How the A.I. That Drives ChatGPT Will Move into the Physical World

> Covariant, backed by $222 million in funding, does not build robots. It builds the software that powers robots. The company aims to deploy its new technology with warehouse robots, providing a road map for others to do much the same in manufacturing plants and perhaps even on roadways with driverless cars.

What makes this new effort unique? The article says it uses NNs and multi-modal foundation models. Are driverless car makers not already using these or trying to?