Inside Google’s Investment in Anthropic

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Anthropic Just Reached a New Revenue Milestone
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Anthropic’s stealth enterprise coup: How Claude 3.7 is becoming the coding agent of choice
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Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features
Google is launching new features to let users personalize their AI assistants.CNBC - 5d -
Google announces new health-care AI updates for Search
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Gold investing pros and cons to know as the price rises
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Google's DeepMind says it will use AI models to power physical robots
Google is taking its DeepMind artificial intelligence technology models into the physical world to power robots.CNBC - 6d -
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UK minister in ‘active discussions’ with pension funds to invest more in private markets
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Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf just challenged Anthropic CEO’s vision for AI’s future — and the $130 billion industry is taking notice
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Binance secures ‘largest investment ever’ in crypto as Abu Dhabi’s MGX pledges $2 billion
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Google unveils open source Gemma 3 model with 128k context window
Google's Gemma 3 is multimodal, comes in four sizes and can now handle more information and instructions thanks to a larger context window.VentureBeat - 6d -
Google’s Gemini Robotics AI Model Reaches Into the Physical World
Google has developed an AI model that gives humanoids and other robots more intelligence—and a tool designed to give them a moral compass too.Wired - 6d -
Google-Wiz deal is 'litmus test' for Trump administration's handling of Big Tech
After Google agreed to buy security software vendor Wiz for $32 billion on Tuesday, the Trump administration will get an early chance to weigh in on Big Tech.CNBC - 4h -
Why a gold investment makes sense (even with inflation dropping)
Inflation dropped in February, according to a new report. Here's why a gold investment could be worth it anyway.CBS News - 6d -
Google signals support for app store age verification law with changes
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Google’s parent to buy cybersecurity group Wiz in its biggest ever deal
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Do these 3 things before a job interview to stand out, says ex-Google exec: They ‘keep you top of mind’
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Google’s native multimodal AI image generation in Gemini 2.0 Flash impresses with fast edits, style transfers
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Google to acquire cloud security startup Wiz for $32 billion after deal fell apart last year
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The "insider" game has changed, dramatically
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AI that can match humans at any task will be here in five to 10 years, Google DeepMind CEO says
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Americans lost $5.7 billion to investment scams in 2024, FTC says. Here's how to protect yourself
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