From Fortnite to robots: General Intuition raises $2.3B on bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world

General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale an AI model trained on millions of hours of gameplay data. The company is betting that human behavior in games can help AI develop something closer to human intuition, highlighting continued investor appetite for novel AI training approaches. The news is positive for the company and broadly supportive of AI venture funding, though the immediate market impact appears limited.

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General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale an AI model trained on millions of hours of gameplay data. The company is betting that human behavior in games can help AI develop something closer to human intuition, highlighting continued investor appetite for novel AI training approaches. The news is positive for the company and broadly supportive of AI venture funding, though the immediate market impact appears limited.