Zhiyuan launches Genie Master embodied Agent framework, validates Physical RSI in real store

The claim that matters here is the shift from lab and simulation to a live commercial environment, since embodied recursive self-improvement has largely been a benchmark concept rather than an operational one. If the convenience-store deployment holds up, it reframes robot learning as an ongoing deployment activity rather than a one-time training pipeline, which affects operators weighing automation and the vendors selling them. The open question is whether Physical RSI generalizes beyond a single store format and task set, and how much human oversight remains in the loop despite the no-demonstration framing.