A new report from Business Insider reveals that high-level engineers at xAI were pulled off other projects to make sure Grok could answer detailed questions about the video game “Baldur’s Gate.” Image: Min An / Pexels Source: TechCrunch
Waymo announced a $16 billion investment round aimed at bringing its robotaxi business to more US cities, as well as some overseas markets. The funding round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, a “crossover” firm known for investing in late-stage tech companies before they go public. Waymo’s co-CEOs said in a blog post they would…
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang criticized OpenAI’s business strategy as the chip giant plans to invest up to $100 billion into the AI startup, per reports. Image: BoliviaInteligente / Unsplash Source: CNBC
Frontier can work with OpenAI agents, enterprise-build agents, as well as agents from third parties like Google, Microsoft and Anthropic. Image: Zac Wolff / Unsplash Source: CNBC
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