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Tesla shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving

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Tesla has disbanded its Dojo supercomputer team, with lead Peter Bannon leaving and other members being reassigned. The move signals a major strategy shift as Tesla abandons in-house chip development for self-driving technology, instead increasing reliance on Nvidia and other partners like Samsung, which recently signed a $16.5 billion deal to manufacture Tesla's AI6 inference chips.

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