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November 28, 2024
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💰 Anthropic raises another $4B from Amazon
👓 Meta rolls out AI features for EU Ray-Bans
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Anthropic has secured an additional $4 billion investment from Amazon, strengthening their partnership to develop advanced AI models. This deal highlights Amazon’s growing influence in AI through its cloud division, AWS, and custom silicon solutions.
The Details:
Teaming Up with AWS: Anthropic will use Amazon’s Trainium and Inferentia chips to power its AI models. They’re also working with AWS to create even better chips for the future.
Massive Investment: Amazon has now poured $8 billion into Anthropic, making it a key partner without taking full control.
Growing Reach: Anthropic’s AI models, like Claude, are already used by thousands of customers through AWS’s Bedrock platform.
Regulatory Watch: This partnership has caught the eye of regulators, who are investigating how Big Tech investments might stifle competition in AI.
This deal not only helps Anthropic grow but also cements Amazon’s place in the AI race. While exciting for innovation, it raises questions about Big Tech’s dominance and how it shapes the future of AI.
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AI & TECH NEWS
OpenAI accidentally erased critical evidence in a lawsuit by The New York Times and others over AI training data. The data loss, called a “glitch” by OpenAI, leaves recovered files incomplete and unreliable. The Times seeks billions in damages, alleging OpenAI used its articles without consent to develop competing AI tools.
Meta has begun introducing AI features to its Ray-Ban smart glasses in France, Italy, Ireland, and Spain. Currently, Meta AI can answer general questions, but it doesn’t utilize the glasses’ camera for visual assistance due to regulatory uncertainties in the EU.
Google enables AI-generated clip art for documents
Google Workspace has introduced a Gemini-powered AI image generator in Google Docs, enabling users to create visuals directly within their documents. This feature is available to paid Workspace accounts with Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, Education Premium, or Google One AI Premium add-ons.
Elon Musk’s xAI secured $6 billion in funding, pushing its valuation to $50 billion. Backed by $5 billion from Middle Eastern funds and $1 billion from other investors, the funds will power “Colossus,” a supercomputer with 100,000 Nvidia GPUs. xAI’s AI chatbot, Grok, aims to compete with OpenAI and Google while supporting Tesla’s Full Self-Driving efforts.
Amazon adds AI recaps to Prime Video
Amazon has introduced X-Ray Recaps, an AI-driven feature for Fire TV users in the U.S., which provides spoiler-free summaries of TV show episodes, seasons, or entire series. This feature builds on the existing X-Ray tool, offering real-time, personalized recaps based on where you are in the episode, using Amazon’s custom AI models.
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