DeepMind: Get a load of our rat-like AI. 'Ere, look. It solves mazes and stuff

DeepMind researchers have developed a neural network loosely modeled on mammalian brains to craft an artificially intelligent program capable of navigating through mazes. The results were published in a paper in the journal Nature on Wednesday. The grid-cell neural network is made up of three layers: a recurrent layer, a linear layer, and and an output layer. It's trained by following the paths of simulated rats shuffling about in a small 2D enclosure. The virtual rats trace the shape of the square-shaped or circular enclosure without ever touching the walls.