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Google researchers are using results from large language models and A.I. studies to teach simple robots to make decisions and perform more complicated tasks. Robots are already commonplace. Millions of them work in factories around the world, but they follow specific instructions and usually only focus on one or two tasks, such as moving a product down the assembly line or welding two pieces of metal together. The race to build a robot that can do a range of everyday tasks, and learn on the job,