Anthropic prepares to launch a $750 million funding round
AI startup Anthropic is reportedly in talks to secure $750 million in funding. This financing round, led by the venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, will set…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
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AI think-tank RAND played a key role in drafting Biden’s Executive Order
The RAND Corporation, a think tank with deep ties to tech billionaires’ funding networks, notably through Open Philanthropy, played a critical role in drafting President Joe…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
Anthropic releases Claude 2.1 with 200k context window
Claude.ai is Anthropic’s answer to ChatGPT and the AI model that powers it just got a major upgrade. Claude 2.1 delivers a significant improvement in performance…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Google set to invest $2 billion in AI startup Anthropic
With a $2 billion investment from Google, Anthropic has become a frontrunner in the AI industry, now rivaling OpenAI as a relatively new startup with massive…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Big Tech AI companies launch $10 million AI Safety Fund
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI launched the Frontier Model Forum in July and have now committed $10m to an AI Safety Fund to support the initiative.…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Lawsuit lodged against Anthropic alleging copyright infringement of lyrics
Music publishers, including Universal Music, ABKCO, and Concord Publishing, have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic in a Tennessee federal court. The litigation accuses Anthropic of “misusing…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Democratizing AI governance: an Anthropic experiment
Anthropic, the company that developed the AI chatbot Claude, recently presented a unique idea: why not let ordinary people help shape the rules that guide the…
By Sam Jeans · 9 min read
Can “constitutional AI” solve the issue of problematic AI behavior?
As AI models continue to embed themselves in our daily lives, concerns over the limitations and reliability of their so-called “guardrails” are mounting. Ubiquitous AI models…
By Sam Jeans · 4 min read
Anthropic launches Claude Pro to Rival ChatGPT Plus
Anthropic, a Google-backed player in generative AI, introduced Claude Pro – a paid subscription plan featuring advanced chatbot capabilities. Initially available in the US and the…
By Sam Jeans · 4 min read
Zoom shuffles AI offerings to form its new AI Companion
Zoom has updated and rebranded Zoom IQ, morphing it into the upgraded Zoom AI Companion. The new Zoom AI Companion incorporates the same core technologies that…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read