AI pioneer Richard Sutton founds new research lab

Reinforcement learning pioneer and Turing Award winner Richard Sutton is striking out on his own, founding a new AI research lab focused on real-time learning that will reduce compute demands. The news: On Monday, Sutton and his colleague Khurram Javed both announced they were leaving positions at Keen Technologies —another AI research firm founded by virtual reality-pioneer John Carmack—to found their own boutique firm called Oak Lab . Sutton and Javed’s new venture is described on Oak Lab’s we