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Turing Award winner Rich Sutton founds Oak Lab to build AI agents that learn on their own

Oak Lab is a new AI startup founded by Turing Award winner Rich Sutton. The company aims to develop AI agents capable of continuous, self-directed learning, departing from current deep learning approaches. Sutton believes these agents will learn more efficiently from their environment.

The Decoder·Jul 13, 2026

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