That checkers robot clip was Genie 4 rendering, not a real Apollo learning
AIFlow_ML · x · 2026-10-28
AIFlowML clarifies the checkers robot clip shown by Google DeepMind: the Apptronik Apollo humanoid was rendered by Genie 4, with Gemini 4 Argon feeding it the steps — a rendering, not a real robot learning from it. He calls for the next proof: an actual robot learning from such generated content.
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