OpenAI and Anthropic May Be Rivals, but Investors Aren’t Picking Sides
… A handful of big venture capital firms have supported only one of the big AI labs, including OpenAI backers Khosla Ventures and Thrive Capital. …
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Meta’s New AI Model Gives Mark Zuckerberg a Seat at the Big Kid’s Table
… It also spent billions to acquire or make major investments in a number of AI startups. Meta recruited Alexandr Wang, the CEO of Scale, an AI training company, to lead its AI efforts after investing $14.3 billion in the company. …
A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
… But the plans for this campus, he alleges, illustrate how even big tech companies with stated climate goals and a public commitment to renewable energy are exploring fossil fuel investments as the AI race heats up. …
You Probably Won’t Get Rich Off the SpaceX IPO
… Its recent acquisition of xAI means it is also the first of the big three AI startups in the US to go public, with Anthropic and OpenAI following close behind. The company raised $75 billion, valuing it at $1.75 trillion, which would make it the biggest IPO ever by a sizable margin. …
Activists Are Taking On Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO
… Tesla Takedown helped promote the protests. “SpaceX wants the public to buy into the myth of the final frontier—but this is really a desperate cash-out before the cracks in Musk's empire become impossible to ignore,” Tesla Takedown tells WIRED. “Exploding rockets, a militarized Starlink, dangerous … …
There’s a Long-Shot Proposal to Protect California Workers From AI
… In that proposal, Becerra calls for “workforce investment and transition support” but doesn’t provide a specific funding mechanism. “Displacement without support is abandonment,” Becerra said in a Monday memo outlining his plan. “I will work with the Legislature, the California public education sys… …
They Built the ‘Cursor for Hardware.’ Now, Anthropic Wants In
… Beyond that, there have always been crowds of tinkerers and makers looking to build tech, whether it’s to turn vapes into synthesizers or push back against ICE. “The big problem in hardware is that it's very gatekept and that very few people can do it,” Beek says. “I really hope that my tool can he… …
Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show
… But a variety of other Chinese models from big companies like Alibaba, as well as startups like Moonshot AI, Z.ai, and MiniMax, have also become popular in the West. Alibaba’s model Qwen, which is easy to use and modify and is well maintained, is widely used by researchers and startups. …
SpaceX IPO Puts Elon Musk’s ‘Extreme’ Ownership to the Test
… The country’s biggest public pension funds urged Musk to surrender some of his control ahead of the IPO; it didn’t happen. “If you believe in free and fair markets, the will of the people should matter,” says Rob Lalka, a business professor at Tulane University and author of The Venture Alchemists:… …
What Microsoft Executives Really Thought About OpenAI in 2018
… Nadella forwarded the email to 15 Microsoft executives later that day, asking for their thoughts on OpenAI and sharing some of his own. “Overall I can’t tell what research they are doing and how if shared with us it could help us get ahead,” said Nadella. “From what Elon is telling everyone … he fe… …