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Google Invests $300 Million in Anthropic as Race to Compete with ChatGPT Heats Up



So... What's all the buzz about?

  • Google has invested $300 million in Anthropic, a company in the generative AI space.

  • Google's investment gives it a 10% stake in the company and requires Anthropic to buy computing resources from Google Cloud.

  • The investment values Anthropic at around $5 billion.

  • The investment comes shortly after Microsoft's reported $10 billion investment in OpenAI, indicating a competitive race in the generative AI space between the two tech giants.

  • Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI employees, is developing its own chatbot, Claude, which could potentially rival ChatGPT.

  • The motivation for the investment may be to build up Google's cloud computing business.

  • Anthropic was founded after a disagreement over the direction of OpenAI, which has been criticized as increasingly reckless.

  • Google is holding an event on AI next week on February 8th.

  • Microsoft is likely to announce plans to add ChatGPT to Bing in the near future.

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