{"id":182724,"date":"2023-10-28T10:09:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=182724"},"modified":"2023-10-28T10:09:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:39:34","slug":"google-doubles-down-with-2-billion-investment-in-claude-ai-developer-anthropic-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/google-doubles-down-with-2-billion-investment-in-claude-ai-developer-anthropic-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Doubles Down with $2 Billion Investment in Claude AI Developer Anthropic &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position:relative;overflow:visible;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.58\">\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Global tech giant Google is massively upping its investment in Anthropic, creators of Claude AI. The $2 billion investment, first <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/google-commits-2-billion-in-funding-to-ai-startup-anthropic-db4d4c50\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">reported<\/a> by the <i>Wall Street Journal <\/i>and confirmed by an Anthropic spokesperson to <i>Decrypt<\/i>, will be made in two payments of $500 million and another of $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">This $2 billion commitment from Google is a significant step up from the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-02-03\/google-invests-almost-400-million-in-ai-startup-anthropic\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">$400 million<\/a> the global search giant put into Anthropic in February. Last month, e-commerce titan Amazon committed to investing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/198573\/amazon-invest-4b-ai-firm-anthropic\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">$4 billion<\/a> in Anthropic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">A Google spokesperson declined to comment on the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The hefty investment from Google is the latest move in the ongoing AI arms race between Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a partnership worth <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/203305\/tech-titans-microsoft-and-google-set-their-sights-down-under\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">$3.2 billion<\/a> with the Australian government to build data centers and provide training in artificial intelligence to Australian citizens. Like Microsoft, Google also invested in the Oceanic country to the tune of $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">While Amazon and Google are pouring money into Anthropic, Microsoft appears committed to its long partnership with OpenAI, creators of ChatGPT. Using ChatGPT-4 and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/198987\/openai-brings-web-search-back-to-chatgpt\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">Browse with Bing<\/a> feature, ChatGPT Plus subscribers can search the internet directly through ChatGPT. Browse with Bing was taken <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/147300\/openai-disables-web-browse-bing-chatgpt\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">offline<\/a> for several months after it was discovered users could use it to bypass paywalled content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">For those not inclined to pay $20 a month for the more robust version of ChatGPT, Microsoft has integrated ChatGPT and OpenAI\u2019s Dall-E into its free Edge browser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Not content with investing in other companies, Google also launched its own ChatGPT competitor called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-google-bard-and-can-it-compete-with-chatgpt\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">Google Bard<\/a> in February. Like Claude AI and ChatGPT, Bard is a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-generative-ai-the-technology-that-can-teach-itself\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">generative AI<\/a> chatbot that uses prompts to produce audio, code, images, and text content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Adding to its list of AI investments, Google last month launched the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/155970\/responsible-ai-development-google-digital-futures-project-fund-20-million\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">$20 million<\/a> Digital Futures Project to support \u201cresponsible AI\u201d development, including combatting bias and including diverse perspectives in AI model training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">\u201cGetting AI right will take more than any one company alone,\u201d Google Director of Product Impact Brigitte Gosselink said at the time. \u201cWe hope the Digital Futures Project and this fund will support many others across academia and civil society to advance independent research on AI that helps this transformational technology benefit everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4 border-b border-decryptGridline\">\n<div class=\"text-left p-8 md:py-12 md:px-12 max-w-prose relative\"><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-[6px] md:border-l-[6px] md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute top-4 left-4 md:top-6 md:left-6\" \/><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-[6px] md:border-l-[6px] md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute rotate-180 bottom-4 right-4 md:bottom-6 md:right-6\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-akzidenz-grotesk font-bold text-xl md:text-3xl mb-6 md:text-center gg-dark:text-white\">Stay on top of crypto news, get daily updates in your inbox.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global tech giant Google is massively upping its investment in Anthropic, creators of Claude AI. The $2 billion investment, first reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed by an Anthropic spokesperson to Decrypt, will be made in two payments of $500 million and another of $1.5 billion. This $2 billion commitment from Google is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-182724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182726,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182724\/revisions\/182726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}