Google DeepMind hires Boston Dynamics CTO, deepens push into robotics

Google DeepMind hires Boston Dynamics CTO, deepens push into robotics

Google DeepMind hired the former CTO of Boston Dynamics, Aaron Saunders, as part of an attempt to push forward with robotics. Whereas AI has made rapid progress in recent years, advancements in robots have been less evident: In 2021, DeepMind’s robotics chief said the field lagged the rest of AI by 10 years. Partly, it’s a data problem. An AI dedicated to chess can download millions of games to study; robots, too, can train in simulation, but su…