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General Intuition Seeks to Advance AGI with Gaming Data

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In the pursuit of achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models have fallen short in areas requiring understanding of spatial and temporal dynamics. General Intuition, a Bezos-backed startup headquartered in New York and valued at $2.3 billion, aims to bridge this gap using gaming data. Recently, the company closed a $320 million funding round involving Coatue, Eric Schmidt, and researchers from MIT and Google DeepMind.

  • Company Background: General Intuition evolved from the gaming platform Medal TV.
  • Strategic Focus: Emphasizes world models trained on gaming data as key to advancing physical AI.
  • Ethical Considerations: CEO Pim de Witte discusses potential defense applications of their models on the TechCrunch's Equity podcast.

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