Amazon-backed AI firm Anthropic valued at $61.5 billion after latest round
Anthropic on Monday closed its latest funding round at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed to CNBC. The $3.5 billion round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and other investors included Salesforce Ventures,
Amazon's most powerful new Alexa features being powered by Anthropic's AI, sources say
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OpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology for ‘Natural Conversation’
In the fall, the company introduced technology called OpenAI o1, which was designed to reason through tasks involving math, coding and science. The new technology was part of a wider effort to build A.I. that can reason through complex tasks. Companies like Google, Meta and DeepSeek, a Chinese start-up, are developing similar technologies.
Amazon announces Alexa+, takes on OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Gemini
Amazon revealed Alexa+, a revamped AI-powered voice assistant, poised to transform Alexa into a conversational AI capable of autonomously managing tas
OpenAI launches GPT-4.5, its largest model to date
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into OpenAI’s newest, biggest model GPT-4.5, Microsoft pulling the plug on Skype, how Anthropic
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SEAS Professors Partner with Meta, Amazon, OpenAI to Enhance Computer Science Courses
Meta, which has sponsored the Puzzle Day for almost 15 years, is just one of the many tech companies that support courses at Harvard. Professors at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have repeatedly collaborated with companies — like Amazon,
OpenAI Fights Back against Musk’s $97 Billion Takeover Bid with Special Voting Rights
OpenAI, the force behind ChatGPT, is taking steps to safeguard its leadership amid an unexpected $97 billion takeover bid from Elon Musk,
Amazon to charge households for new Alexa
Amazon is to start charging a monthly fee for a revamped version of Alexa that can order groceries and make restaurant bookings. The online retailer’s new Alexa+ service, which will cost as much as $19.99 (£15.74) per month, will be able to understand complicated requests, order items online and manage smart home gadgets.