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Reinforcement Learning Pioneer Leaves Carmack to Launch AI Startup

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– Richard Sutton, co-winner of the 2024 Turing Award for modern reinforcement learning, is leaving Keen Technologies to start a new company called Oak Lab.
– He announced his departure on X, praising John Carmack and Keen Technologies before stating his new venture.
One of artificial intelligence’s most celebrated minds is venturing out on his own. Richard Sutton, who shared the 2024 Turing Award for pioneering modern reinforcement learning, announced Monday that he is leaving John Carmack’s startup Keen Technologies to launch a new venture called Oak Lab. He shared the news in a straightforward post on X, first thanking Carmack and the Keen team.
(Source: The Next Web)