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Amazon’s $8B Bet on Anthropic, Nvidia’s Call for AI Cooperation, and More

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Stefan
November 23, 2024

Hi there,

Today’s Daily AI Brief explores Amazon's expanded investment in Anthropic, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's take on global tech collaboration, and Virgin Media O2's free AI tool offering. Plus, major updates on AI IPOs and copyright lawsuits.

Today’s top stories

Amazon has increased its investment in AI startup Anthropic to a total of $8 billion, solidifying a partnership that designates Amazon Web Services as the main cloud and training partner for Anthropic's AI models. Despite the investment, Amazon remains a minority investor without a board seat. Read more

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang emphasized the importance of global cooperation in technology, despite potential stricter export controls, while highlighting the start of the 'age of AI' and its transformative impact. Read more

Virgin Media O2 has partnered with Perplexity to provide its customers with complimentary access to an AI-powered research tool, Perplexity Pro, for one year. Available through the Priority app or website, this offer is open until May 2025, as AI technology gains popularity among users for tasks like travel planning and shopping. Read more

CoreWeave Targets Over $35 Billion Valuation in 2025 U.S. IPO

New Jersey-based AI cloud platform CoreWeave plans to raise over $3 billion from its 2025 IPO, amid growing demand for AI infrastructure. Read more

DigitalOcean has introduced Bare Metal GPUs, offering high-performance compute capabilities for AI and machine learning tasks, available in New York and Amsterdam. Read more

Threads is trialing new search features and AI-powered summaries to improve user experience, addressing complaints about search reliability and expanding trends display. Read more

Eden AI Secures €3M to Simplify AI Adoption for Businesses

French startup Eden AI has raised €3 million in seed funding, led by Galion.exe, to enhance AI workflow capabilities and expand their engineering team, aiming to make AI tools accessible and user-friendly for businesses. Read more

San Francisco-based startup Wordware has raised $30 million in a seed round led by Spark Capital to create an operating system that allows AI development through natural language, targeting domain experts beyond just software engineers. Read more

Sarah Silverman, alongside other authors, is involved in a class action lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of using their copyrighted books to train ChatGPT without permission, a legal battle complicated by OpenAI's substantial resources. Read more

OpenAI has awarded a grant to Duke University to explore training algorithms to predict human moral judgments in fields such as medicine, law, and business, amidst challenges of capturing the complexity of morality in AI. Read more

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has raised concerns about Elon Musk's potential conflict of interest in setting AI policies under the incoming Trump administration, highlighting Musk's ownership in xAI and his role in the planned advisory commission DOGE. Read more

MatX, an AI chip startup founded by former Google employees, has raised $80 million in a Series A funding round, reaching a valuation of over $300 million. The company aims to address the AI chip shortage with high-performance, scalable processors. Read more