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AI data race moves beyond chatbots to learning how humans work
The race to secure AI training data is shifting from improving chatbot answers to teaching systems how people actually work, Business Insider reported. Large language models have advanced using internet text, books and human ratings, but that approach has limits for building AI agents that handle complex work over hours or days. Companies are turning to reinforcement learning environments that simulate workplaces and reward task completion. Google, Tesla, Meta, Scale AI and Uber are cited as pursuing such efforts.
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Big Tech steps up coding AI push, arms with China AI performance
Big Tech companies are accelerating an offensive in the coding AI tools market, raising questions about shifts in a field led by Anthropic, OpenAI and Cursor. Meta unveiled its first AI coding agent, Muse Code, in beta. Google is in talks on a deal worth about $1.5 billion involving AI coding startup Mechanize. AWS launched Kiro Crew, an autonomous workspace. Chinese firms also quickened moves to build large-scale AI models.
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Google in talks for $1.5 billion deal to license Mechanize technology, targets AI coding expansion
Google is in talks with AI coding startup Mechanize over a deal worth about $1.5 billion, including securing a non-exclusive licence to its technology and hiring some staff involved in model evaluation and development. Mechanize, founded last year, is developing simulation environments, evaluation benchmarks and scoring systems to train AI agents. Google is considering using the technology to strengthen coding performance as its coding agent faces competition from Anthropic and OpenAI.