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Robert Hart
Robert Hart
Uber laid off contractors developing AI tools for Google.

The workers, part of Project Sandbox, were one month into an expected three month stint, Business Insider reports. Around a dozen people were involved, though it’s not clear how many were cut.

“The client has recently communicated a change in their internal priorities, which directly affects ongoing work on this program,” Uber emailed the affected contractors on Monday.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Uber’s British bots.

The company has announced a UK trial with autonomous delivery company Starship, starting in Sheffield and Leeds. It’s Uber’s first delivery bot trial in Europe, after tests in various US cities.

Starship’s robots aren’t new to the region though — one even delivered dinner to my colleague Tom way back in 2017.

Photo of an Uber Eats-branded Starship delivery robot in front of a British church.
Wet, gray, big old church — that sure looks like the UK.
Image: Uber