This AI entrepreneur is developing agents that can plan ahead for the unexpected

Danijar Hafner, a researcher who previously worked at Google DeepMind, has founded a stealth-mode startup focused on developing AI agents and robots that can plan and adapt to novel, previously unseen environments using model-based reinforcement learning and world models. His approach enables robots to handle unfamiliar scenarios and execute complex tasks without extensive real-world trial-and-error training, with applications in deploying humanoid robots into human spaces.

Source: MIT Technology Review