A team of engineers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland have developed an AI dubbed Swift that can fly drones capable of beating human pilots in head-to-head races. The hybrid learning system in which the bot was trained has the potential to be used in autonomous technologies like self-driving cars, personal robotics, and even autonomous planes. The AI was designed using deep reinforcement learning (DRL), which is a type of machine learning for AI that teaches it how to behave in specific situations through trial and error.
