AI news

 

• Oct 5, 24: Masayoshi Son, an artificial intelligence evangelist, thinks the technology will soon run households. AI darling Nvidia expanded a partnership with technology consultant Accenture as part of an effort to drive adoption of AI within businesses. OpenAI, for its part, completed a deal to raise $6.6 billion in new funding, making the firm one of the three largest venture-backed startups, alongside SpaceX and TikTok owner ByteDance. 
• Sep 25, 23: Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a rival to ChatGPT developer OpenAI. 

The two firms said that they are forming a strategic collaboration to advance generative AI, with the startup selecting Amazon Web Services as its primary cloud provider. Anthropic will also use custom AWS-designed semiconductors to train the foundational models that underpin its AI applications. 
Anthropic was founded roughly two years ago by former OpenAI research executives and recently debuted its new AI chatbot called Claude 2.  Anthropic already counts some high-profile backers, including Google and Salesforce Ventures.