Alphabet’s AI lab debuts new models for robotics, Bloomberg says

Alphabet’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) artificial intelligence lab is debuting two new models focused on robotics, which will help developers train robots to respond to unfamiliar scenarios — a longstanding challenge in the field, Bloomberg’s Julia Love and Davey Alba report. Research unit Google DeepMind will release Gemini Robotics, a new branch of its flagship AI model aimed at developing robots that are more dexterous and interactive, it said Tuesday. Another model, Gemini Robotics-ER, specializes in spatial understanding, and will help robot makers build new programs using Gemini’s reasoning capabilities. The authors note that Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA) and Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI have ramped up their work on robotics, and startups are in talks to raise funding at sky-high valuations.