Google Unveils Advanced RT-2 AI Model for Robot Training

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3 min readJul 31, 2023

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Key takeaways

  • Google announced on Friday its new RT-2 model, which is training robots to complete simple household tasks
  • The AI model is trained on internet data and could be used in warehouses and homes in the future
  • Google’s share price has increased 48% since the start of the year, fueled by AI innovation

With all the talk around AI, it was only a matter of time before we reached the ‘AI overlords’ conversation. Google has apparently been working hard on a new AI model that can train robots to complete basic tasks, like taking out the trash. Is this the beginning of a beautiful AI and human friendship, or will users be too annoyed about the data scraping that’s going on? Here’s the latest.

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What’s the latest on Google’s AI efforts?

At the end of last week, Google announced a new AI model that’s set to revolutionize the robotics industry — and maybe our household tasks, by the sounds of it. The Robotics Transformer 2 (RT-2) is an all-singing and all-dancing model trained on the internet’s information and pictures. These are then translated into simple tasks for robots.

Google’s pretty excited about it, confirming in a blog post that the RT-2 can understand and respond to basic user commands. The new model also doubled in performance on previously unseen scenarios compared to the previous iteration.

The end goal? We could see AI-powered robots coming to a warehouse, factory or even your home to complete the tasks you’d rather not do. To be clear, though, we’re a looong way off from that becoming a reality — better start washing those dishes…

Google’s stock performance

While Google’s share price got off to a rocky start this year after a couple of AI-related mishaps, the Big Tech giant has made leaps and bounds in the AI space to become one of the big winners on the stock market in 2023.

So far, the share price has gained 48% since the start of the year, with a quarter of that growth coming from the past month. Google had an impressive earnings beat, reporting better-than-anticipated earnings and revenue, which sent the stock soaring during trading.

The bottom line

Developed responsibly, AI has great potential to take on some of the burdens of everyday life — like taking out the trash! But rest assured — it sounds like Google is still pretty far away from unleashing the robots on society. As long as Google keeps up the good AI work, Wall Street will be happy.

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