If this means alexa isn't a pet rock that can only reliably set timers, good for them.
That's the only thing I am using it for and I'd prefer if it stays that way.
Amazon will invest up to $4B in Anthropic
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#22If this means alexa isn't a pet rock that can only reliably set timers, good for them.
Alexa and google home have been excellent for discovering new music. You ask them for a song you know and they play either a very weird cover version or something entirely different.
I am not a Google Home or Alexa user, and I honestly can't tell if this is meant to be sarcastic.
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#23Anthropic’s main mission is ethical. Profit is just fuel for the ethical mission (and they would rather have hockey stick AI safety than hockey stick growth given the choice)
Amazon, well you know them :-)
Flogging their model on Bedrock etc. must be part of the plan for Anthropic but AWS investment must surely create tension.
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#24$4B in AWS credits. So...$4M?
Hetzner should make a move with a rack or two :-)
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#26I’ve never heard of anthropic. Who are they and what do they offer that’s worth that investment?
They are basically the only direct competitor to OA.
Google Deepmind exists. All 3 are trying to build a generalist AI agent, as opposed to the more specialised models of say CharacterAI or inflection.
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#27At this point Apple is the only BigTech without any major investment in LLMs. Which isn't too surprising, they have historically never jumped on the shiny new thing until the dust clears off.
Apple makes shiny new things once in a while. Maybe they are not so good at catch up so plan to keep excelling at non AI shiny things (there is a lot of money in the not AI niche!)
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#28At this point Apple is the only BigTech without any major investment in LLMs. Which isn't too surprising, they have historically never jumped on the shiny new thing until the dust clears off.
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#29And the battle heats up.
The real winners will be the nuclear reactor plant builders. And TSMC.
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#30I doubt there is $4B cash changing hands here.
Did they invest with AWS Credits? Is AI chip access futures the new cryptocurrencies ponzi?