Amazon Escalates AI Arms Race With Additional $4B Investment in OpenAI Rival Anthropic

Amazon Escalates AI Arms Race With Additional $4B Investment in OpenAI Rival Anthropic

Anthropic said on Friday that longtime backer Amazon had pumped an additional $4 billion into the artificial intelligence startup, doubling its investment in the firm known for its GenAI Claude chatbot. Amazon will retain its position as a minority investor and will be Anthropic’s main training partner for AI models, the startup said. Amazon, which … Read more

Lonely seniors are turning to AI for friendship: Why Nana’s new BFF could be a robot

Lonely seniors are turning to AI for friendship: Why Nana's new BFF could be a robot

Everyone needs a prey. And when there are no warm bodies in the room, people over 50 are turning to chatbots for companionship – so says a recent study on seniors and sophisticated technology. “Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the way we live, and its impact on the elderly is no exception,” wrote the authors … Read more