Google's Deepmind Teaches AI To Navigate A Parkour Course

Google began as a search and advertising company, but its behind-the-scenes efforts have increasingly veered into machine learning and AI. That’s useful not only in search but also in driverless cars, computer vision, and more.

- Ryan Whitwam

The search giant’s acquisition of DeepMind several years ago boosted its AI research into overdrive, and now we’re beginning to see the benefit in Google’s products. A new research project from DeepMind shows just how far a learning AI can go by teaching a simulated humanoid how to navigate a parkour course.