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Oct 2024
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Meta AI has more than 500 million users,...

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Meta AI has more than 500 million users, Google’s CEO says a quarter of the company’s new code is already AI generated, and Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot can now pick car parts on its own. It's Thursday, October 31st and this is Engadget News.

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