Google's self-driving car project buys British AI firm Latent Logic

Purchase of Oxford University spinoff gives Waymo its first presence in the UK

Waymo, Google's self-driving car sibling company, has acquired the Oxford artificial intelligence company Latent Logic for an undisclosed amount, giving Waymo its first presence in the UK.

Latent Logic, a spinout company from Oxford University, specialises in "imitation learning", teaching machines how to act by showing them examples of humans doing the same actions. It was founded in 2017 by the academics Shimon Whiteson and Joio Messias.