Re:Google agrees to invest up to $2B in OpenAI rival Anthropic
by kromem on Saturday October 28, 2023 @09:48AM
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They are keeping the landscape from becoming too centralized around another direct competitor.
Open AI is now basically Microsoft. Copilot in all your docs, etc.
If only Amazon was the large investor in Anthropic it encourages a similar exclusive partnership to develop where Anthropic ends up powering Alexa with proprietary access to its SotA models.
Google throwing money that way keeps Anthropic from becoming too siloed into a partnership with one cloud direct competitor, and also helps fund another competitor to the company in the lead who is partnered with a different cloud direct competitor.
I wouldn't read into it beyond that, and certainly not in thinking this reflects product shortcomings or advantages.
Open AI is now basically Microsoft. Copilot in all your docs, etc.
If only Amazon was the large investor in Anthropic it encourages a similar exclusive partnership to develop where Anthropic ends up powering Alexa with proprietary access to its SotA models.
Google throwing money that way keeps Anthropic from becoming too siloed into a partnership with one cloud direct competitor, and also helps fund another competitor to the company in the lead who is partnered with a different cloud direct competitor.
I wouldn't read into it beyond that, and certainly not in thinking this reflects product shortcomings or advantages.