January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 Google is investing an additional $1 billion in AI developer Anthropic, bringing its total investment to over $2 billion. This strengthens Google’s position in the competitive AI space. Google has a business agreement with Anthropic, covering online tools and services….
OpenAI is preparing to raise its next funding round, seeking to secure billions of dollars at a $100 billion valuation. Tech giants like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are rumored to be interested in participating. Each of these companies is no stranger to OpenAI: Microsoft has been a primary investor,…
The U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the U.S. Department of Commerce, has announced new agreements aimed at bolstering AI safety research and evaluation. These agreements, formalized through Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), establish a collaborative framework with two leading AI companies, Anthropic and OpenAI. The…
California lawmakers have amended a bill that would hold artificial intelligence (AI) firms accountable for the harm caused by their products after the original draft received significant opposition from the industry, including AI firm Anthropic. The Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB-1074) seeks to protect whistleblowers and empower the state…
Five secretaries of state—Steve Simon of Minnesota, Al Schmidt of Pennsylvania, Steve Hobbs of Washington, Jocelyn Benson of Michigan and Maggie Toulouse Oliver of New Mexico—are planning to send a letter to Elon Musk, urging him to make immediate changes to Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot native to X (formerly known as Twitter). The…