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Startup bets video game data can unlock robotics AI breakthrough

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch AI ·

General Intuition is using millions of hours of video game footage to train foundation models for physical AI. The approach aims to reduce the need for costly real-world data when building smarter robots. The startup believes this could be a ChatGPT-like moment for robotics.

Meridian48 take
The claim is bold, but training on simulated data has yet to bridge the reality gap for complex physical tasks.
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