Gallery: Andy Rubin Unleashed Android on the World. Now Watch Him Do the Same With AI

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    The lobby at Playground, Android founder Andy Rubin’s new venture.
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    Rubin has a long history of building, and littering his workplaces with, robots.
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    Arcade games line one wall in the Playground lobby.
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    Hoverboards cluster in various corners of the main Playground workspace.
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    A sculpture of Iron Man made by the Thai artist Mai Sudjai, who fashions sci-fi characters out of scrap metal, next to an electric motorcycle.
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    Anh Nguyen, a designer at Playground.
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    The machine shop, where hardware startups have access to the latest fabrication equipment.
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    Cables hang from the ceiling at regular intervals all across the office, so anyone can jack into Playground’s network from any location.
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    One of Playground’s fabrication labs.
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    More hoverboards and other wheeled transportation.
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    Future Playground office space, under construction.
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