Two of Google's Most Famous Dogs Really Don't Get Along

You may recognize one of the dogs in this picture: we're pretty sure it's Andy Rubin's dog, Alex Cosmo [we've just been notified that the dog's name is in fact Cosmo, and Cosmo not only "contributes to most big decisions at Playground" but also serves as its head of security]. Andy Rubin is the co-founder of Android, and for about a year, he managed the robotics program at Google (now known as Alphabet). More recently, he's been running a hardware incubator called Playground, which has enough clout to summon up another robotic dog with Google ties: Boston Dynamics' Spot. The video was posted by Steve Jurvetson, a partner at VC firm DFJ. "I was told that this is the only Spot (their latest robot) in civilian hands," Jurvetson told IEEE Spectrum. Jurvetson was really impressed by the robot's "lifelike movement."