Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence

Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence

Source: The Verge At this point, it’s becoming easier to say which AI startups Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t looked at acquiring. In addition to Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence (SSI), sources tell me the Meta CEO recently discussed buying ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab and Perplexity, the AI-native Google rival. None of these talks progressed…

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Applebee’s and IHOP have plans for AI

Applebee’s and IHOP have plans for AI

Source: The Verge Applebee’s and IHOP plan to launch an AI-powered “personalization engine” that could help its restaurants provide recommendations and customized deals, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The personalization engine would use a customer’s past purchases — or the orders of customers similar to them — to make recommendations. Justin…

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