Wednesday, November 8, 2023

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Wednesday, November 08, 2023

In today's top story, there is additional consolidation in the grocery delivery industry. Ingrid reports that Turkish company Getir acquired New York–based FreshDirect. Here’s the big picture.

Meanwhile, Mark has your look at what is being called the world's largest aircraft since the Hindenburg.

And Kate has a look at Samsung's answer to ChatGPT. Meet Samsung Gauss, a large language model that can generate text, code and images.

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