Amazon has invested an additional US$4 billion in artificial intelligence company Anthropic, bringing the total investment to US$8 billion. This huge investment will further promote the development of generative AI technology. The core of this cooperation is the in-depth cooperation between the two parties in the field of chips. Anthropic will jointly develop a new generation of Trainium accelerator with Annapurna Labs, a subsidiary of Amazon Cloud Computing Services (AWS), to improve the efficiency of AI model training. The editor of Downcodes will explain in detail the significance of this cooperation and its impact on the AI industry.
A highlight of this cooperation is the in-depth cooperation between the two parties in the chip field. Anthropic will jointly develop a new generation of Trainium accelerator with Annapurna Labs, the chip manufacturing arm of AWS. Anthropic said the company's engineers will work closely with Annapurna's chip design team to improve the computing efficiency of the hardware, and these technological advances will be used to train its most advanced basic models.
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AWS confirmed that Anthropic will use the Trainium series chips, including the latest Trainium2, for model training, and Amazon's self-developed Inferentia chips for model deployment and services. AWS CEO Matt Garman said that through cooperation with Anthropic in custom chip development, AWS will continue to push the innovation boundaries of generative AI technology.
It is worth noting that Anthropic has raised a total of US$13.7 billion in venture capital. The company was co-founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei, former vice president of research at OpenAI, and is known in the industry for its strong emphasis on AI safety. Currently, tens of thousands of customers are using Anthropic's Claude series of models through Amazon's Bedrock platform.
The investment has also drawn attention from regulators. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has previously asked technology giants including Amazon to explain the impact of their investments in generative AI on the competitive landscape. However, the UK Competition Authority has approved the collaboration.
In terms of business development, Anthropic recently launched the Computer Use function that allows the Claude3.5Sonnet model to perform computer tasks autonomously. It is actively expanding its revenue sources and launching diversified products such as desktop client, enterprise version and team version. The company has also set up offices in Europe and has hired many industry heavyweights, including Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger.
This deepened strategic cooperation shows the fierce competition among technology giants in the field of AI, and also reflects the key role of hardware infrastructure in the development of AI. With increased investment, Amazon and Anthropic's cooperation will continue to deepen at multiple levels, from chips to software, to jointly promote the research and development and innovation of next-generation AI technology.
The in-depth cooperation between Amazon and Anthropic is not only reflected in the huge investment, but more importantly, the close integration between the two parties in chip research and development and AI model training, which indicates a new direction for the development of AI technology in the future. This will have a profound impact on the entire AI industry and deserves continued attention. The editor of Downcodes will continue to report the latest progress for you.