Amazon bets $4 billion on Anthropic’s Claude, the chatbot that rivals ChatGPT and Google’s Bard

Amazon said Monday it will invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, the company that has built a powerful chatbot called Claude, and an emerging competitor against ChatGPT and Bard, the chatbots owned by OpenAI and Google. The investment came as part of a significant partnership announced by Amazon, whereby Anthropic has agreed to use […]

Amazon said Monday it will invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, the company that has built a powerful chatbot called Claude, and an emerging competitor against ChatGPT and Bard, the chatbots owned by OpenAI and Google.

The investment came as part of a significant partnership announced by Amazon, whereby Anthropic has agreed to use Amazon’s cloud platform in return for the investment. It’s the first major connection by Amazon to a leading chatbot.

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