It’s the go-to fast food restaurant for Mexican fans, and now Chipotle has announced its latest employee – a robot chef called Chippy

It’s the go-to fast food restaurant for 크리에이티브 연구소 Mexican fans, 크리에이티브 연구소 and now Chipotle has announced its latest employee – a robot chef called Chippy.

Chippy will be tasked with making Chipotle’s famous tortilla chips, using artificial intelligence to perfect the chain’s exact recipe.

‘Our goal is to drive efficiencies through collaborative robotics that will enable Chipotle’s crew members to focus on other tasks in the restaurant,’ said Curt Garner, Chief Technology Officer at Chipotle.

Chippy (pictured at the back of this test kitchen) will initially be tested at Chipotle's innovation hub in Irvine, California, before being integrated into a restaurant in Southern California later this year

Chippy (pictured at the back of this test kitchen) will initially be tested at Chipotle’s innovation hub in Irvine, California, 크리에이티브 연구소 before being integrated into a restaurant in Southern California later this year

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GameStop partners with blockchain startup for its NFT marketplace

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GameStop is wading into the world of NFTs and cryptocurrency.

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GameStop confirmed Thursday that it plans to , saying it’s partnered with blockchain startup Immutable X to develop the project. The NFT marketplace is expected to launch later this year, GameStop in a release. 

An , is a blockchain-based technology used to determine ownership of unique digital or physical items such as art, music or even a tweet. NFTs began popping up everywhere in 2021, from the  to  to , and have grown increasingly popular in the realm of art and 크리에이티브 연구소 collectibles, with some NFTs going for or even  of dollars.

GameStop and Immutable also plan to launch an up to $100 million fund that’ll award grants to people making NFTs for the new marketplace. The fund will use Immutable’s cryptocurrency, IMX. GameStop said people from “gaming studios, web 3.0 and metaverse gaming developers, and elsewhere,” can request to be creators in the company’s NFT marketplace.

Some video game companies have started looking into integrating NFTs into games. Ubisoft in December introduced to the squad shooter Ghost Recon Breakpoint. But  of new methods of , and there are  surrounding the technology.