GOOGLE DEEPMIND HIRES FORMER CTO OF BOSTON DYNAMICS AS THE COMPANY PUSHES DEEPER INTO ROBOTICS

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Google DeepMind has hired Boston Dynamics' former chief technology officer, Aaron Saunders, as its VP of hardware engineering. Saunders is a key part of DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis' vision for Gemini to become a sort of robot operating system. Hassabis is aiming to build an AI system that can work almost out-of-the-box across any body configuration. Boston Dynamics is famous for developing legged robots and humanoid machines capable of impressive acrobatic feats.