Google creates AI program that uses reasoning to navigate the London tube

Combining external memory and deep learning, DeepMind's program learns how to do tasks independently, and could pave the way for sophisticated AI assistants

Google scientists have created a computer program that uses basic reasoning to learn to navigate the London Underground system by itself.

The same Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent could also answer questions about the content of snippets of stories and work out family relationships by looking at a family tree. Scientists predict that in future a similar approach could pave the way for virtual assistants that would be able to instantaneously scour the internet to answer questions and carry out instructions with precision.