IndustryTechCrunch·July 8, 2026

Your gaming data could be the secret to AGI, according to this Bezos-backed startup

When it comes to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models just don’t have what it takes. Models like ChatGPT and Claude are great at text, but they’re less skilled at understanding how things actually move through space and time — an essential skill for producing intelligence that generalizes. That gap, it turns out, might be filled by gaming data. That’s the bet…

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