Google is incorporating Alphabet’s AI robotics “moonshot,” Intrinsic, into the company after five years as an independent unit. The move marks a strategic shift as Google is doubling down on physical AI and bringing experimental projects closer to its core business.
internal “graduate degree“In 2021, it spun off into an independent company inside Alphabet’s Other Bets division, a portfolio of high-risk, speculative ventures that also includes robotaxi firm Waymo and healthcare company Verily. It bills itself as an Android-like layer for robotics, building software and tools that make it easier to create robot applications.
Details of the purchase are not clear but the companies Said Intrinsic will remain “an exclusive group within Google”. It will work closely with Google DeepMind and use Google’s Gemini AI model and cloud resources, he said. deepmind absorbed Alphabet’s Everyday Robotics division is being spun off in 2023 and last year launched two AI models to help robots perform physical tasks.
